The author’s aim in this paper is to show, by means of a phenomenological investigation, that the “scepticism regarding animal minds” presupposes an implausible account of how we relate to others, both humnan and nonhuman.
In this article the author poses the question whether rationality can be the reason why humans deserve moral consideration and animals do not.
The paper highlights shortcomings in GMO public consultation practices in the European Union and in one of its member countries, Finland. Specifically, they do not serve democracy, increase consensus, enable better decisions to be made, or establish trust.
The paper “Evaluating the ‘Ethical Matrix’ as a Radioactive Waste Management Deliberative Decision-Support Tool” by Matthew Cotton outlines the strengths and limitations of the matrix as well as a framework for the development of alternative tools to better satisfy the needs of ethical assessment in radioactive waste management decision-making processes.
This article considers Hegel’s account of the emergence of Absolute Spirit, weighs its advantages and disadvantages as an approach to human moral experience and as a strategic move for environmentalists, and concludes with a refinement of Darwinian humanism and a clarification of its implications for environmental ethics.
This article analyses Thoreau’s thoughts on health based on his writings, emphasising some features that fit well with contemporary debates in the philosophy of medicine.
This paper considers the particular case of environmental policy where we are faced with pressures not only from deliberators and stakeholders, but also in response to dynamic changes in the environment itself.
The paper proposes to differently outline modernity, by adopting a heterogeneous geography standpoint and post-modern hybrid networks theory in order to overcome the problematic political consequences of the classic approach of environmental politics.
This paper demonstrates how a Political Economy of Wealth—an analytical framework inspired from Ricardo’s and Marx’s theories of value—strengthens the analytical force of Socio-Ecological Economics in the context of the controversy over the value of nature.
In this paper the author discusses three possible alternative interpretations of the meaning of places and place attachment in ‘new nature’ projects, and shows how all three imply a different view on human identity and history.
