JOHN PASSMORE ON THE IDEA OF MULTIPLICATION AND POLLUTION: A CRITICAL REVIEW.

Abstract

Alarmed by the environmental degradation in the 70’s, John Passmore was quick to identify what he calls ecological problems which was caused by the Western Traditions that sees man as a despot to nature instead of a steward to nature. Pollution and multiplication (population growth) were among the ecological problems he identified in his quest to give a solution to the environmental degradation. While some environmental philosophers and environmentalists were of the view that population growth contributes to environmental pollution, Passmore argues differently by tracing the environmental pollution to post modernism.