www/philosophy words-to-avoid.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /webcvs/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       09/11/27 16:53:16

Modified files:
        philosophy     : words-to-avoid.html 

Log message:
        (Ecosystem): active -> ethical.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.113&r2=1.114

Patches:
Index: words-to-avoid.html
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RCS file: /webcvs/www/www/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html,v
retrieving revision 1.113
retrieving revision 1.114
diff -u -b -r1.113 -r1.114
--- words-to-avoid.html 27 Oct 2009 18:47:32 -0000      1.113
+++ words-to-avoid.html 27 Nov 2009 16:53:09 -0000      1.114
@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@
 evolve according to their fitness: if a species is weak and goes
 extinct, that's neither right nor wrong, merely an ecological
 phenomenon.  The term &ldquo;ecosystem&rdquo; implicitly suggests a
-attitude of passive observation: don't ask how what <em>should</em>
+attitude of observation without judgment: don't ask how what <em>should</em>
 happen, just study what does happen.</p>
 
 <p>
-By contrast, beings that adopt an active stance towards their
+By contrast, beings that adopt an ethical stance towards their
 surroundings, and have ideas of ethical responsibility, can decide to
 preserve things that, on their own, would tend to vanish&mdash;such as
 civil society, democracy, human rights, peace, public health, clean
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@
 <p>
 Updated:
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-$Date: 2009/10/27 18:47:32 $
+$Date: 2009/11/27 16:53:09 $
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 </p>
 </div>