Posted on 02/09/2020 9:24:14 PM PST by Mount Athos
A Cambridge academic has proposed a radical new way to solve climate change – letting humanity become extinct.
Patricia MacCormack, a professor of continental philosophy at Anglia Ruskin University, has just released her new book The Ahuman Manifesto, which will officially be launched in Cambridge today (Wednesday, February 5).
The book argues that due to the damage done to other living creatures on Earth, we should start gradually phasing out reproduction. But rather than offering a bleak look at the future of humanity, it has generated discussion due to its joyful and optimistic tone, as it sets out a positive view for the future of Earth - without mankind.
It also touches on several hot-button topics, from religion and veganism to the concept of identity politics, tying these into how the creation of a hierarchal world among humans has left us blind to the destruction we are causing to our habitat and other forms of life.
Speaking to CambridgeshireLive, Professor MacCormack outlined how she came to this point of view, and how these ideas are not as provocative as they may initially sound.
She said: “I arrived at this idea from a couple of directions. I was introduced to philosophy due to my interest in feminism and queer theory, so reproductive rights have long been an interest to me – this led me to learn more about animal rights, which is when I became vegan.
“The basic premise of the book is that we’re in the age of the Anthropocene, humanity has caused mass problems and one of them is creating this hierarchal world where white, male, heterosexual and able-bodied people are succeeding, and people of different races, genders, sexualities and those with disabilities are struggling to get that.
“This is where the idea of dismantling identity politics comes in – they deserve rights not because of what they are, but because they are.
“The book also argues that we need to dismantle religion, and other overriding powers like the church of capitalism or the cult of self, as it makes people act upon enforced rules rather than respond thoughtfully to the situations in front of them.”
The central argument in The Ahuman Manifesto can be boiled down to this: mankind is already enslaved to the point of “zombiedom” by capitalism, and because of the damage this has caused, phasing out reproduction is the only way to repair the damage done to the world.
Additionally, humanity has to see it isn’t the single living dominant force - but first, it needs to dismantle an established hierarchy amongst itself. This argument has not received as much disagreement as you might expect.
Professor MacCormack continued: “Everyone’s okay with the ideas in the book until they’re told they’d have to act on it. There is a lot of agreement that these changes might work for the world, but when it imposes on people, it becomes proactive.
“Many people are surprised it’s so joyful and it has this radical compassion, which cares for the world. It’s not about our death, so much as it’s about celebrating the tools that exist to care for a decelerating Earth.
“People wonder why I don’t think humans are exceptional, dominant beings – but when I ask them why they think that, I never get a good answer back. The way we perceive the world isn’t the only one, we never think about animal life.
“Even Extinction Rebellion only focus on the effect this will have on human life when climate change is something that will affect every living being on the planet.”
The real goal of the Left is human extinction. Climate change is simply a means to make it happen.
These people are as radical as the Nazis and are a threat to civilization. They are true totalitarians.
This argument should be rejected in toto.
It comes with a nose ring attached so that you can tie it to a post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=066WFZu-tmM
If she wants people to take her seriously as a scientist she may want to change her look.
Tom Clancy understood the Left’s morally absurd and nihilistic mindset twenty years ago and predicted there would be serious calls by Leftists for mass human extinction.
She uses an awful lot of technology for someone who thinks that humanity is “raping Gaia”.
I’m up for anything if they’d just quit talking about it.
George Orwell famously wrote some ideas are so stupid only intellectuals could have come up with them.
We must not for a moment think she is right. She is absolutely wrong.
Since we already countenance abortion on demand, this is the shoe on the other foot.
Once we buy into whatever the Left wants, we’re no longer talking about principle. We’re merely negotiating the price.
Pity the fools who take them at face value.
Won’t that supposedly happen if we do nothing?
If I did believe in this idiotic idea of climate change, I wouldn’t call mass extinction a solution. In fact if we got rid of liberals, we would be free of their make believe problems.
Climate change will continue to occur if humans cease to exist, because it’s not anthropogenic.
Yup, hoping she offs herself.
This is a spoof, right? I mean really?
Yes. If its going to happen anyway, its now hurry it up. I always thought Logan’s Run was fiction.
A few folks take it seriously.
This is nothing new. Many ideologies believe this and some hide behind caring about earth while their system will kill humans to establish their lunacy as they also will kill earth.
I’m not sure if she needs to take less acid, or more acid.
She is indeed a genuine space cadet.
There were very few humans on the planet during the ice age. They did nothing to cause it, and there were too few to do so even if they WERE able to.
My answer? Man is created in the image of God and human life is sacred.
We have an absolute responsibility to protect and cherish it and perpetuate the human race even when we fall short.
Human beings are a blessing and not a curse to the earth.
Instead of saying man needs to go extinct, how about admitting that much of the climate change science is pretty bad. Such as the models being wrong for the last 30 years, satellites with infrared cameras pointed at the Earth not finding the change, and blatant efforts to manipulate the data.
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