Roger Scruton believes that an environmentalism founded on love of home would return to us the original meaning of economy (Image: Robert Judges/Rex Features)
The conservative philosopher believes that an environmentalism founded on love of home would return to us the original meaning of economy
We don’t usually link conservatism with environmentalism. Should we?
In my book Green Philosophy, I aim to re-situate the environmental agenda where it belongs – in the European conservative tradition. Edmund Burke, 18th-century philosopher and founder of modern conservatism, recognised society is not a contract among the living but a trusteeship that binds the…
