Richard Sylvan, born as Richard Routley (13 December 1935 - 16 June 1996) was a philosopher, logician, environmentalist, and anarchist. He was a proponent of "deep ecology", though he was critical of most attempts to articulate this ethic and preferred to characterise his own version as deep green theory. He changed his name to "Sylvan" ("of the forest") to reflect his commitment to nature. In addition to his work in environmental ethics, … Wikipedia
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