Are green goals and eco-sensitivity manifestations of delusional human exceptionalism? In this paper I grapple with the question of why/if humans should/must address environmental issues (both local and global) created or exacerbated by human activity. This question can be framed in terms of (a) whether human activity is as natural as that of other organisms and carries with it similar responsibilities, and (b) whether our activity, natural or not, matters in the very long term. It is a consideration of our responsibilities to ourselves, future generations, other organisms, and the earth itself. The recently published A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene is explored as it challenges the author of this article to confront these issues and their bearing on his and others’ behaviors and actions vis à vis the earth and its inhabitants.

(Inuktitut translation generously provided by Brenda Amakłak Putulik)

绿色目标和生态敏感性是人类例外论的妄想表现吗？在本文中，我努力解决人类为什么/是否应该/必须解决由人类活动造成或加剧的环境问题（本地和全球）的问题。这个问题可以从（a）人类活动是否与其他生物体的活动一样自然并承担类似的责任，以及（b）我们的活动，无论是否自然，在很长一段时间内是否重要。这是对我们对自己、后代、其他生物和地球本身的责任的考虑。最近出版的《生态美德书：人类世的美好生活》探索，因为它挑战本文的作者面对这些问题及其对他和其他人对地球及其居民的行为和行动的影响。

（因纽特语翻译由 Brenda Amakłak Putulik 慷慨提供）