"Economic Ideology about the Environment: From Adam Smith to Bjørn Lomborg"
The author recognizes techniques of ideological distortion (i.e., mixing knowledge with beliefs and preferences) in the argumentation of economist Bjørn Lomborg.
The author recognizes techniques of ideological distortion (i.e., mixing knowledge with beliefs and preferences) in the argumentation of economist Bjørn Lomborg.
David Pearce analyzes the features and possible outcome of green economics.
William Aiken examines the tradition of human rights and their role in our currently increasing environmental awareness.
The article explores the possibilities of a new ethic that incorporates the phenomenon of environmental crisis and aims at changing people’s outlooks and behaviour.
In this essay (updated in 2019), Bron Taylor offers background about the events that gave rise to the Earth First! movement and reviews some of the watershed moments in its history, including its print publications.
Brian Baxter makes an argument in favour of person-centricism over ecocentricism.
Robert Elliot discusses anthropocentric ethics, concluding with a subjectivist account of intrinsic value.
Ruud Pleune discusse strategies of environmental organizations in the Netherlands regarding the Ozone Depletion Problem.
John M. Francis discusses nature conservation and the precautionary principle.
Richard B. Harris discusses China’s policies in wildlife conservation, particularly with regard to endangered species to suggest that Western criticisms of Chinese utilitarian attitudes are inappropriate, ineffective, and possibly counter-productive.