However, judged only in ecological terms, global warming can be regarded merely as a change in the structure of the global ecosystem similar to the warming that accompanies the last postglacial period, albeit more rapid. Viewed in this way, there is no more reason to oppose global warming than to be unhappy about the last ice age and the rise in global temperature that ended it. At its farthest reach, this nonhumanist position becomes antihumanist, as exemplified in an article in the publication of a group called Earth First!, which favored the spread of AIDS as a means of reducing the human population without threatening other animal species. Of course, at the other extreme is the potentially suicidal view that the enormous value of modern production technology to human society justifies whatever damage to the ecosphere it entails.
但是若僅從生態方面判斷，全球變暖盡管更迅速些，但又僅僅是一種全球生態系統的變化，這與伴隨上一個后世紀冰川時代的變暖現象相似。從這一點上看，便沒有理由再去大力反對全球變暖，而應一如既往地僅僅對冰川時代和全球溫度的最終上升表示不快。再遠點說，正如一個叫“地球第一！”的組織發表的一篇文章中所列舉的，這種不人道的立場還會變成反人道的。此文認為，艾滋病的傳播能有效地降低人口數量又不會對其他物種造成威脅，因而對其大力支持。當然另一種極端看法是未來毀滅論：認為現代生產技術對人類社會的價值使其可以肆意破壞生態圈。
The ambiguity created by the dual habitat in which we live has led to a very to the ecosphere it entails. wide range of responses. The extreme interpretations of the relationship between the two spheres that human society occupies-and a sometimes bewildering array of intermediate positions-are compelling evidence that we have not yet understood how the two systems have come into conflict and, as a result, are unable as yet to resolve that conflict.
由我們生存的雙重環境引發的多重問題引起了廣泛的反應。對人類社會居住的兩大世界關系的極端理解——以及間或很多令人費解的妥協性的立場有力地證明了我們仍沒有正確理解兩大系統的沖突，因而也無法解決這一沖突。
Understanding the war between the ecosphere and the technosphere-as distinct from reacting to it-is the only path to peace. The purpose is less a lament over the war's numerous casualties than an inquiry into how future casualties can be prevented. It is not so much a battle cry for one side or the other, as a design for negotiating an end to this suicidal war-for making peace with the planet.
理解生態圈與技術圈之間的沖突——與對其做出反應不同——是尋求和平的唯一途徑。這樣做的目的不是深切哀悼已經造成的大量損失，而是尋求避免將來更多損失的方法；不是聲討一方或另一方，而是開辟結束戰爭的道路——并與地球和平相處。
來源:可可英語 http://www.ccdyzl.cn/daxue/202004/608330.shtml
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