To clearly understand Faustian is it imperative to understand its definition which is described a circumstance in which a person compromises her beliefs or morals in order to achieve some kind of success. (Vocabulary.com) With that being said, Rene Dubos description of modern man and his knowledge/understanding of the outcomes of environmental actions is liken to a contract which contains immediate gratifications yet dismisses the long term effects that are certain to follow. Understanding the state of our global environment does not require us to look no further than our own backyard. Mankind is consistently being faced with the fine print of this contract through television commercials, social media as well as political debates. A fine print…show more content… The “Faustian Bargain” did not come with unlimited knowledge, but rather a limited knowledge and an agreement to no longer preserve creation and its beauty but rather to destroy our environmental well-being. An agreement that would inevitable destroy the world in which man dominated/ruled over. Mankind’s myopia method of acquiring knowledge goes without saying to be short sighted and limited. Rene Dubos, a well-known ecological-humanist philosophers/scientist and Pioneer of Ecological Humanism, clearly warned that our “Faustian ethic that identifies progress with the conquest of nature” has put us on a suicidal course and is contrary to biology. (Biehl) The destruction of our earth’s resources/nature for capital gain, a gain based on want rather than need or necessity deserves the scarlet letter and title of “Faustian bargain". Unlike, the outcome of the play we have the opportunity to change our attitude/actions and ethically views of our land. Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic recognized that communities include not just people but all elements of the natural world, including soils, waters, plants, and animals, "or collectively: the
