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"On the Moral Considerability of Homo sapiens and Other Species"
In their article, Judith Crane and Ronald Sandler analyse Lawrence Johnson’s argument on Homo sapiens.
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"The Aesthetic Significance of Nature's Otherness"
In this article Marianne O’Brien considers and reflects upon the aesthetic significance of Simon Hailwood’s conception of nature as articulated in an earlier volume of this journal in his paper ‘The Value of Nature’s Otherness’ (Hailwood 2000: 353–72).
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Kirkham, Georgiana, "'Playing God' and 'Vexing Nature': A Cultural Perspective"
This article examines the twin concepts of “playing God” and “vexing Nature” as they relate to arguments against (or for) certain human technological actions and behaviors.
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"Risk, Trust and 'The Beyond' of the Environment: A Brief Look at the Recent Case of Mad Cow Disease in the United States"
Using a case of mad cow disease in the United States, this paper argues, statements of risk are ultimately social products that come to us by way of translation.
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Jamieson, Dale, "The View From Princeton: American Perspectives on Environmental Values"
Dale Jamieson introduces the special issue by highlighting American perspectives on different facets of environmental values. These span spiritual and aesthetic dimensions, moral, political, and religious values, and conflicting values in the climate change debate.
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Brady, Emily, "Aesthetics in Practice: Valuing the Natural World"
Emily Brady argues for the importance of aesthetic value, as aesthetic experience is already embedded in a range of human practices and should be considered in policy debates.
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"Caring for Nature: What Science and Economics Can't Teach Us but Religion Can"
In this essay, Holmes Rolston analysis the role of religion in the environmental discourse.
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Stewart, Susan, "Response to Brady, Phillips and Rolston"
Responding to conference papers on aesthetics and environmentalism, this essay argues that sound environmental policy should begin with basic questions about the purpose and extent of human life.
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"Environmentalism, a Secular Faith"
This paper argues that a full understanding of environmentalism requires seeing it as a secular faith, movement concerned with ultimate questions of humans’ place and purpose in the world.
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"Finding Value in Nature"
This paper explores the idea that a proper valuing of natural environments is essential to (and not just a natural basis for) a broader human virtue that might be called ‘appreciation of the good’.