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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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"Buddhism and the Ethics of Species Conservation"
This paper suggests that the contribution of Buddhism to the issue of species conservation should be part of the conservation discourse.
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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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"The Silence of Nature"
In his article, Steven Vogel analyzes the role of language in nature discourses.
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“Thinking through Botanic Gardens”
This essay discusses ways of thinking about botanic gardens that pay close attention to their particularity as designed spaces, dependent on technique, that nonetheless purport to present (and preserve) natural entities (plants).
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"Monkeywrenching, Perverse Incentives and Ecodefence"
In this paper, Derek D. Turner argues that by focusing too narrowly on consequentialist arguments for ecosabotage, environmental philosophers such as Michael Martin (1990) and Thomas Young (2001) have tended to overlook important facts about monkeywrenching.
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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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"Thoreau's Aesthetics and 'The Domain of the Superlative'"
In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”
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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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"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.