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1. How is rhetoric used to further social/environmental movements? 2. "The Rhetoric of the Environmental Movement" 3. Ronald Hamoway; Ludwig von Mises Intstitute 4.[] 5. I found it 5/22/14 by searching "rhetoric environmental movement" 6. S- Ronald Hamoway, Murray Rothbard, libertarian perspective O- countering rising environmental movement A- libertarians, academics, lawyers, lawmakers, environmentalists P- to point out perceived faults in the environmental movement according to a libertarian perspective, to fill in the gaps of Murray Rothbard's essay "Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution" S- the perceived fallacies of the environmental movement, rhetoric of the environmental movement, law Tone- academic, critical 7. In Ronald Hamoway's essay "The Rhetoric of the Environmental Movement," he criticizes the rhetoric of the environmental movement according to a strongly libertarian perspective. This essay is divided into three sections, in each of which he criticizes a particular aspect of the rhetoric of the environmental movement that falls contrary to libertarian beliefs. These sections address the apparent misuse of the word "right," the glorification of primitive societies, and the criticism of industry. 8. The environmental movement uses widespread fallacies and imprecise language, including the misuse of "rights," the glorification of primitive cultures, and criticism for industry in order to further its purpose. 9. While I find this perspective interesting, I am not entirely convinced by Hamoway's treatment of the environmental movement. While I believe precision of language and use of balanced evidence, I believe this article ignores the realities of environmental destructions. This essay emphasized personal property, falling along the lines of the libertarian perspective, but does not address how the misdeeds of a private owner could deprive millions of quality of life, if not life itself. 10. "The rights to which serious political discourse has traditionally referred are negatively conceived and refer to limitations on how governments may act towards their citizens or how citizens may act toward each other. This conception of rights is the one put forward in, among other documents, the Declaration of Independence, the American Bill of Rights and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. Rights so conceived do not require that others be forced to act in specific ways if I am to exercise my rights but only that they refrain from intervening in certain areas without my consent. Thus, my right to life does not entail that others are obligated to do everything within their power to keep me alive but only that they cannot kill me"