"Human Sentiment and the Future of Wildlife"
David Cooper discusses the identification of what is wrong with the demise of wildlife and the human sentiments which are offended by that demise.
David Cooper discusses the identification of what is wrong with the demise of wildlife and the human sentiments which are offended by that demise.
James Anderson discusses concepts of “species equality” and “species superiority” to provide a framework of intrinsic values that justify such terms.
Andrew Brennan discusses the complexity of environmental literacy, questioning the role of discipline-based education.
R.H. Gray discusses corporate reporting for sustainable development and the need for a major regulatory initiative.
Renee Binder and G.W. Burnett examine how Ngugi wa Thiong’o, East Africa’s most prominent writer, treats the landscape as a fundamental social phenomenon in two of his most important novels, A Grain of Wheat and Petals of Blood.
Roger Paden traces the influence of biological ideas on environmental ethics. Is there an alternative to the grand theories commonly employed?
Guy Claxton discusses the role of self-transformation methodologies, associated with spiritual traditions such as Buddhism, towards changing dysfunctional habits of consumption.
John Haldane discusses the need to consider issues relating to the aesthetics of the environment, using a little known theory of Aquinas.
Shrader-Frechette and McCoy use examples related to preservation versus development, hunting versus animal rights, and controversies over pest control, to show that, because ecology is conceptually and theoretically underdetermined, environmental values often influence the practice of ecological science.
Michael Levine discusses pantheism in relation to ecology in the context of the search for the metaphysical and ethical foundations for an ethological ethic.