On nature and reindeer luck
This paper describes the reindeer Sami understanding of a worthy life expressed in qualitative distinctions centred around the term 'reindeer luck'. Reindeer luck does not in itself mean a good life but is an ingredient of a good life. Reindeer luck lasts from cradle to grave but it can ch...
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| description | This paper describes the reindeer Sami understanding of a worthy life expressed in qualitative distinctions centred around the term 'reindeer luck'. Reindeer luck does not in itself mean a good life but is an ingredient of a good life. Reindeer luck lasts from cradle to grave but it can change along the way. To a certain degree it is possible to influence your own reindeer luck, but you can also spoil it through actions, behaviour, words and thoughts. These are more important than means-to-end rational actions with the aim of intentionally improving reindeer luck. The paths to reindeer luck are discussed with the aim of articulating the moral ideals implied in this type of understanding. This theme is discussed in regard to what we may learn from relations to nature. |
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| spelling | ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/1511 2025-01-17T00:25:20+00:00 On nature and reindeer luck Oskal, Nils 2000-03-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1511 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.2-3.1511 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1511/1418 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1511 doi:10.7557/2.20.2-3.1511 Copyright (c) 2015 Nils Oskal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 20 Nr 2-3 (2000); 175-180 Rangifer; Vol 20 No 2-3 (2000); 175-180 1890-6729 herding moral luck nomadism pastoralism Rangifer Sami reindeer luck info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2000 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.2-3.1511 2021-08-16T14:58:21Z This paper describes the reindeer Sami understanding of a worthy life expressed in qualitative distinctions centred around the term 'reindeer luck'. Reindeer luck does not in itself mean a good life but is an ingredient of a good life. Reindeer luck lasts from cradle to grave but it can change along the way. To a certain degree it is possible to influence your own reindeer luck, but you can also spoil it through actions, behaviour, words and thoughts. These are more important than means-to-end rational actions with the aim of intentionally improving reindeer luck. The paths to reindeer luck are discussed with the aim of articulating the moral ideals implied in this type of understanding. This theme is discussed in regard to what we may learn from relations to nature. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer sami University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 20 2-3 175 |
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| title | On nature and reindeer luck |
| title_full | On nature and reindeer luck |
| title_fullStr | On nature and reindeer luck |
| title_full_unstemmed | On nature and reindeer luck |
| title_short | On nature and reindeer luck |
| title_sort | on nature and reindeer luck |
| topic | herding moral luck nomadism pastoralism Rangifer Sami reindeer luck |
| topic_facet | herding moral luck nomadism pastoralism Rangifer Sami reindeer luck |
| url | https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/1511 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.20.2-3.1511 |