About this episode

Trey and Justin discuss the core principles of environmentalism and its relationship with American political culture.

In this supporter-exclusive midweek episode, Trey is joined by Justin, and begin their discussion of modern ideologies with a deep dive into Environmentalism. On this week’s show, Trey and Justin discuss: Core principles of environmentalism (ecocentrism, holism, limits to growth, multi-generation ethics) The relationship between environmentalism and American political culture The limited appeal of true ideological environmentalism The expression of environmentalism in other political ideologies Christianity and Environmentalism The Politics Guys on ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠X⁠⁠ ⁠Trey’s Substack on the Federalist Papers⁠ Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. You can support us or change your level of support at⁠⁠patreon.com/politicsguys⁠⁠ or⁠⁠ politicsguys.com/support⁠⁠. On Venmo, we’re @PoliticsGuys. The Politics Guys is part of⁠⁠ The Democracy Group⁠⁠, a network of podcasts that examines what’s broken in our democracy and how we can work together to fix it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Trey

Guest: Justin

Topics covered

• Environmentalism
• Political Ideologies
• American Political Culture
• Ecocentrism
• Holism
• Multi-Generation Ethics

Keywords

• Environmentalism
• Ecocentrism
• Holism
• Political Ideologies
• American Politics
• Christianity and Environmentalism

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Organizations: The Politics Guys, Facebook, The Democracy Group

Books & works: Federalist Papers

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