A reformist tendency in green politics that seeks to reconcile ecology with the key features of capitalist modernity
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A broad tendency in green politics that links ecological sustainability to radical social change, or the eco-anarchist principle that communities should be structured according to ecological principles
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Concern about the future, implying that actions in the present should be judged by their impact on future generations
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The notion that each generation has a duty to protect and conserve the natural environment for the benefit of generations to come
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Belief in the superiority of one species over others, through the denial of their moral significance
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The idea that a reliance on the capitalist market mechanism will deliver ecologically sustainable outcomes, usually linked to assumptions about capitalism's consumer responsiveness
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The notion, based on the theory of competitive capitalism, that consumer choice is the determining factor in a market economy
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Principle that all organisms and entities in the biosphere are of equal moral worth, each being an expression of the goodness of nature
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Branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of existence
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An 'inner' fulfilment achieved by transcending egoism and materialism