As Evernden talks about in his article, the word nature means different things to different persons. It could mean trees, animals, or the whole world itself. I think that he made a good argument and started from scratch. Maybe we should define the word nature before we can move any further. We must all agree somewhat on a common idea of what nature is.

I found this to be a very appealing beginning to his article. This allows him to go into different ideas of nature. He talks about nature being perceived as an object, miracle, self, etc. He also talks about the pollution issues, which may be the most important of them all. Pollution is the key cause to our ecological crisis situation today. That is the basic element of destruction in the world. Developments of living quarters, businesses, roads, and so forth are all polluting the environment. If we found a consistent alternative fuel, and a way to control its' waste, we would be much better off. It is much easier said than done though of course.


Evernden then talks some on the self and extensions as we have discussed in previous philosophy classes. It is important to include one's self in to this crisis of nature. This author does so but also takes many other people's opinions and beliefs into consideration. He talks about one of my favorite philosphers being Rene Descartes. Everndon appreciates his words wisdom and talk s about his "laws of nature" too. Both Everndon and Descartes at least seem to be open-minded and start from the most fundamental ideas possible. (As Descartes did in his meditations.)

I found Evernden's article a bit more interesting than White's, probably because I agreed with him more. He uses a much more open-minded approach to the ethics of the environment. I have already emphasized in previous responsed as to what I feel about White and his degrading of the religion Christianity. I do not think that religion is at the heart of our problem. It is only a nuasance to making progress, as White quite obviously disagrees. He puts full blame on religion, specifically the Christian faith.