"Existence Value, Welfare and Altruism"
Jonathan Aldred outlines the need for a fundamental redefinition of existence value in environmental economists.
Jonathan Aldred outlines the need for a fundamental redefinition of existence value in environmental economists.
Peter Alpert discusses how implicit values in biology hold much promise for improving our relations with nature and each other.
Bruce Morito shows that our inclusion as members of the ecological community makes our valuational activity an integral and transformational element within more comprehensive ecological processes, thus indicating a need for our moral commitment to the environment to be radically reshaped.
Herman Daly, Michael Jacobs, and Henryk Skolimowski respond to Wilfred Beckerman’s article “Sustainable Development: Is it a Useful Concept?” Environmental Values 3, 3 (1994): 191–209.
Jan J. Boersema defends the proposition that the limited progress made with respect to the environment could be due to a potential conflict between “quality” and sustainable development.
Warwick Fox discusses education and the obligations of scientists to promote intepretive agendas.
Philip Sarre argues that new environmental values are needed as the advanced industrial economy becomes global.
Snorre Kverndok uses conventional justice principles to evaluate alternative allocation rules for tradeable CO2 permits, recommending a distribution proportional to population.
Richard Gault explores the nature of time and its relation to our concerns for the future.
Andrew Dobson considers the contribution that a biocentric perspective might make to the ethical debate concerning the practice of genetic engineering.