After reading the book, The Hot Topic (check out my review here),
I was encouraged to read more books from a European perspective (I’m
still here in Ireland as of this writing). So me and ~myDakini stopped
by Eason bookstore yesterday so I could check out new books to read.
“You’re addicted to books,” ~myDakini said as we passed [...]
As promised, here is my review of The Hot Topic. My apologies for the delay. I had to read the book twice to make sure that I digest its essence.
But
first, allow me to share my personal context on the global warming
issue. I have never read any non-fiction book on global warming prior
to The Hot Topic. [...]
“How can we encourage other human beings to extend their moral
sympathies beyond a narrow locus? How can we learn to become mere human
beings, shorn of any more compelling national, ethnic, or religious
identity? We can be reasonable. It is in the very nature of reason to
fuse cognitive and moral horizons. Reason is nothing less than the
guardian [...]