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Dale Jamieson Global environmental justice article Philosophers, like generals, tend to fight the last war. While activists and policy-makers are in the trenches fighting the problems of today, intellectuals are typically studying the problems of yesterday.

Global environmental justice

Dale Jamieson

Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplement, vol. 36, 1994, pp. 199–210

Abstract

Philosophers, like generals, tend to fight the last war. While activists and policy-makers are in the trenches fighting the problems of today, intellectuals are typically studying the problems of yesterday.

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