This analysis raises questions about the extent to which ecological economics has been able to influence real-world decisions and policy.
This article argues that the State-Primacy Theory provides a plausible explanation for the nature of that mechanism, and concludes that the most common strategies offered as a response to our environmental impact are most likely to be insufficiently radical to meet our seeming obligations effectively.
In this essay, Eric Reitan analyzes the claims of the “wise-use” movement, its implications for private property rights and the extent to which these rights should influence public policy decisions.
Hub Zwart presents an environmental analysis of Henrik Ibsen’s A Public Enemy.
This paper examines three forest value orientations—clusters of interrelated values and basic beliefs about forests—that emerged from an analysis of the public discourse about forest planning, management, and policy in the United States.
This appraisal of Carol A. Kates’ “Reproductive Liberty and Overpopulation” challenges her call for world-wide population control measures—using compulsory methods if necessary—to save the world’s environment.
The aim of this paper is to consider more closely how uncertainty affects our moral responsibility to future generations, and to what extent moral agents can be held responsible for activities that inflict risks on future people.
This paper builds on the work of Neil A. Manson arguing that the precautionary principle is fraught with vagueness and ambiguity.
The purpose of the present paper is to provide an improved conceptual foundation for the debate around the precautionary principle in the form of an explication of the concept of precaution.
In this article Ronald Sandler considers four concerns regarding the possibility of an environmental virtue ethic functioning as an alternative—rather than a supplement—to more conventional approaches to environmental ethics.
