Andrew Bjelland and Peter Bamert: 'If we are to preserve a habitable planet and reduce the likelihood of further extinctions, we must rely upon human ingenuity and humane moral sentiments.'
Senseless slaughter in Ukraine and elsewhere continues. Warfare and climate change are triggering theDuring the Cold War, nuclear conflagration was the sole major threat to the survival of our species. By 1962 Mutual Assured Destruction held America and Russia in check. As Russian President Vladimir Putin’s nuclear saber rattling indicates, that threat remains. Unfortunately, MAD standoffs cannot counter the hazards associated with pollution and global climate change.
However, if the scientific community is to counter current threats, it must receive broad support from the public. Such support will occur only if informed citizens are inspired by the better angels of their nature — by their abilities to reflect, embrace common ideals, sympathize, empathize, creatively imagine and act with compassion for others.
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