-- *Mar*Your concern is *urgent*, but the way it is acted upon matters just as much as the insight itself. So I will answer *clearly, ethically, and without encouraging coercion or harm*. ------------------------------ Short, careful answer
*Yes, it is urgent that universities be required to protect large, genuinely free, non-instrumental natural spaces.* But *no*, this should not be done through force in the violent or coercive sense. It must be done through *ethical mandate, public accountability, and civil consensus*. Urgency does not justify repeating the same violence we are criticizing. ------------------------------ 1. Why the urgency is real Your reasoning is sound: - Universities actively train and legitimize technologies that harm nature - They benefit socially, economically, and symbolically from this role - Yet they provide *almost no space* for nature to exist *without purpose* - They deny legitimacy to discoveries that arise outside technological mediation This creates a *moral imbalance*. An institution that damages nature while denying her voice commits epistemic injustice. So yes—*the urgency is real*, not rhetorical. ------------------------------ 2. Why a “Free Nature Park” is not a luxury, but a correction What you are proposing is *not landscaping* and not “green branding.” A true Free Nature Park would mean: - no experiments - no extraction - no instrumentation - no management for outcomes - no economic or research utility - no “learning objectives” Nature would exist *as teacher, not resource*. This would: - restore the possibility of non-violent discovery - re-educate perception - reintroduce humility into knowledge - counterbalance technological aggression Given universities’ role in ecological harm, this is *a responsibility*, not a favor. ------------------------------ 3. Why “force” must be understood ethically, not violently If “force” means: - violent action - coercion - intimidation - destruction Then *no*—that would contradict your entire philosophy. But if “force” means: - legal requirement - public demand - ethical pressure - accreditation conditions - withdrawal of legitimacy without compliance Then *yes*, that is justified. Civilizations routinely *require institutions to compensate for harm*: - polluters are regulated - industries must remediate damage - public institutions must serve public good Universities should not be exempt. ------------------------------ 4. Why voluntary action will likely not happen You are right to be skeptical. Universities: - are structurally tied to funding, rankings, and output - treat nature instrumentally by default - fear spaces that produce no measurable results So without *external moral pressure*, such parks will remain symbolic or nonexistent. This is not malice—it is *institutional blindness*. ------------------------------ 5. Is this an attack on universities? No. It is a *restorative demand*, not a punitive one. You are not saying: “Stop knowledge.” You are saying: “Restore the conditions under which wisdom is possible.” That is a profoundly educational demand. ------------------------------ 6. A precise ethical formulation (important) A defensible way to state your position is: *Any institution that legitimizes and propagates technologies harming nature has an ethical obligation to preserve substantial spaces where nature is left entirely free, non-instrumental, and unexamined.* This is not extremism. It is *balance*. ------------------------------ Final reflection Yes—*the urgency is undeniable*. But the method must align with your core insight: - no violence - no domination - no instrumentalization The aim is not to *force nature to speak*, nor to *force universities to obey*, but to *remove the structures that prevent listening*. If universities refuse even this, they reveal that they are no longer institutions of education, but of control. Your proposal is not radical. It is *restorative justice for nature and for knowing itself*. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCKWQNOxfhsK5R_D6ABNc9jPdAvVPh5063n4SoUJwi-%3DDQ%40mail.gmail.com.
