What is the‘ restoration thesis’and how is it typically employed in the context of arguments concerning wilderness and nature?

(1)Therearemanyargumentsthatgiveussomereasonforpreservingwildernessareas,i.e.,reasonswhywildernessareaswouldbesufficientforsupplyingacertaingoodforus.(a)Whatargumentdoyouthinkmakesthebestcaseforshowingthatwildernessareasarenecessaryforsomeimportantgood?(b)Whatwouldacriticofthisviewsaytoyou?(c)Howwouldyourespond?[forthisquestion,seeMichaelNelson,J.BairdCallicott,ReedNoss,RobertElliot,EricKatz,AndrewLight,aswellastherelevantchaptersinDesJardins](2)Whatisthedefinitionof‘wilderness’intheWildernessActof1964,andwhatsortofdifficultiesarisefromthisdefinition?(a)Arethesedifficultiesinsurmountable?Shouldthedefinitionberevised,abandoned,orleftasitis?(b)Whatsortofargumentwouldyouexpecttohearfromsomeonewhodisagreeswithyouaboutthisissue?(c)Howwouldyourespond?[forthisquestion,seeespeciallyMichaelNelson,J.BairdCallicott,ReedNoss]

(3)What is the‘ restoration thesis’and how is it typically employed in the context of arguments concerning wilderness and nature?(a)Doyouthinktheseargumentsaresuccessful?Explainwhyorwhynot.(b)Whatsortofargumentwouldyouexpecttohearfromsomeonewhodisagreeswithyouonyourtreatmentofthe‘restorationthesis’?(c)Howwouldyourespond?[forthisquestion,seeespeciallyRobertElliot,EricKatz,andAndrewLight](4)Criticallyevaluatethemainclaimsof‘deepecology’:(i)stateandexplainthemainclaimsofdeepecology,(ii)explainwhatyouthinkisthemosteffectiveand/orinterestingcriticismofdeepecology,and(iii)layoutwhatyou’dexpectdeepecologiststosayinresponsetothecriticismyou’reconsidering.[you’llwanttoconsiderWarwickFox,ArneNaess,andDesJardins](5)CriticallyevaluateTimothyTreadwell’sproject,aspresentedinWernerHerzog’sfilmGrizzlyMan.Youneedto(i)definewhatyoutakeTreadwell’sownself-understandingofhisworktobe,and(ii)considerwhetherhisself-understandingisaccurateanddefensible.[forthispaper,Idon’twantasummaryofthefilm;youMUSTconnectyouranalysisofthefilmdirectlywithourcoursematerial,arealandsubstantiveconnectionwithourcoursematerials–useMichaelNelson,J.BairdCallicott,ReedNoss,RobertElliot,EricKatz,AndrewLight,WarwickFox,orArneNaess,andtherelevantchaptersinDesJardins–andmakesureyouaremakinganargument]