Our Place Among the Deer
From Grounding by Sarah Aronson
March 4, 2026 · 31 min · Season 2 · Episode 5
About this episode
The episode explores the complex relationship between humans and nature through discussions with environmental philosophers.
Grounding episode five takes a stab at an age-old question: what is a human’s place within nature? Host Sarah Aronson speaks to two environmental philosophers—Soazig Le Bihan and Christopher J. Preston—about that divide, and tugs at the dissonance that exists when we’re trying to understand our place in the world relative to other creatures. Are we supposed to go forth and conquer, or should we be ashamed of the impact we’ve had on different species?
People in this episode
Host: Sarah Aronson
Guests: Soazig Le Bihan, Christopher J. Preston
Topics covered
- human-nature relationship
- environmental philosophy
- impact on species
- conservation
- ecology
Keywords
- human place in nature
- environmental impact
- philosophy
- species conservation
- ecological dissonance
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