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ESSAYS AND EXAM QUESTIONSThe essay questions below can be used in examinations or as term-paperassignments. This book, along with the recommended readings at the end of eachchapter, will equip students to answer most of these questions in depth withsuitable direction from their course tutors. In some cases tutors may need torecommend supplementary readings. In other cases the questions below can bemodified and adapted to suit a tutor’s topical teaching preferences. I have notgrouped the questions thematically because most of them are quite open-ended,giving students the maximum opportunity to tailor the content of their answers.‘The idea of nature is a weapon of mass distraction’. Discuss.Do we need nature?‘What counts as nature cannot pre-exist its construction’ (Braun 2002: 17). Explorethe implications of this contention.‘<strong>Nature</strong> is dead! Long live nature!’ Discuss.Is nature a necessary illusion?‘Much of the moral authority that has made environmentalism so compelling asa popular movement flows from its appeal to nature as a stable external source ofnon-human values against which human actions can be judged without muchambiguity’ (Cronon 1996: 26). Is Cronon’s assessment a fair one?‘There is no such thing as nature’. Critically assess this statement.

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