Title: Ted Kaczynski's Letter to an Eco-Centrist
Author: Ted Kaczynski
Date: July 1, 2003
Source: Ultimo Reducto's blog & Box 21, Folder 841 of the Michigan Uni Library collection.

Dear ____,

I finished one round of legal work a few days ago ... But I'm not going to let the legal stuff dominate my life ...

First, your remarks about anger, anarchists in general, and ____ in particular. You reject anger as a reason for wanting to change the system and you describe it as "anthropocentric" reason. I'm in agreement with your rejection of anthropocentrism: That is, I agree that the welfare of wild nature, or the biosphere, or the totality of all life on Earth, or whatever you want to call it, has to be an end in itself and not just a means of satisfying human needs. In other words, the welfare of wild nature comes first, and the satisfaction of human needs comes second. ...


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