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The image of earth as a living organism and nurturing mother served as a cultural constraint restricting the actions of human beings. One does not readily slay a mother, dig into her entrails for gold, or mutilate her body… As long as the earth was considered to be alive and sensitive, it could be considered a breach of human ethical behavior to carry out destructive acts against it. (1)
Carolyn Merchant
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1. Merchant C. Quoted in Fritjof Capra.”The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture” (1982) Bantam Books.
New York. p.61