ABSTRACT
Abstract, generalized human perspectives and, more recently, the, biospheric perspective have been elements of philosophical and scientific discourses for all of their history, but their linkage to the individual person is only achieved by statistical reductionist approaches. The particularistic aspect of how scientific findings could and probably should inform individual lives, together with culturally learned dispositions, religious ethics, etc., however, is largely outside of the usual scope of scientific investigation. As motivational as Utopias can be, they have come to be regarded with skepticism – rightly, considering how inhumane and extremist their proponents tend to become. The confrontation with the global environmental crisis typically results in feelings of futility and desperation, exacerbated by the way in which the focus of reporting has been on catastrophic events, pollution endangering health, and economic and political decisions apparently outside of control. The realization that is a result not of uncontrollable external forces but rather of way much of humanity.
