"The Common Heritage: What Heritage? Common to Whom?"
The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.
The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.
An evolutionary analysis of history suggests that technology and morality can and will respond to a clearly perceived future threat to civilization. But will our response be fast enough?
Eric Katz examines and compares the ontological and axiological character of artefacts—human creations—with nonhuman natural entities.
Kelly Parker examines several kinds of growth, seeking to identify a sustainable form which could be adopted as normative for human society.
Timothy O’Riordan and Andrew Jordan discuss the place of the precautionary principle in contemporary environmental politics, arguing that its future looks promising but not assured.