The current pandemic that originated in a “wet” market in Wuhan has often been compared to the threat we face with climate change. The former originated in the trade in wild animals, which has driven many species to the point of extinction. In fact, we face an unprecedented rate of species loss due to pressures on habitats, pollution, and human predation. The threat of climate change originates with our uncontrolled use of fossil fuels, which, in making large parts of the globe uninhabitable, imperils our own species. The rationality (or lack thereof) that is exhibited here concerns our relation to the earth. We regard it simply as a means for our purposes. Separating ourselves from it, we follow the Biblical injunction to have “dominion” over it. In this, we express a conception of subjectivity that is exemplified by Descartes and Kant. To overcome this, I argue, we need a different sense of what it means to be a subject, one that takes it as a sustaining ground and points to the earth as the ultimate subject.

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大流行时代的主观性

当前，起源于武汉“湿”市场的大流行经常被与我们面临的气候变化威胁相提并论。前者起源于野生动物贸易，已使许多物种灭绝。实际上，由于栖息地，污染和人类掠夺的压力，我们面临着前所未有的物种流失率。气候变化的威胁源于我们对化石燃料的无节制使用，而化石燃料的使用使地球上大部分地区无法居住，从而危害了我们自己的物种。这里展示的合理性（或缺乏合理性）关系到我们与地球的关系。我们仅将其视为实现我们目的的一种手段。与之分离的是，我们遵循圣经的禁令对它具有“支配性”。在本文中，我们表达了笛卡尔和康德所举例说明的主观性概念。