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"Future Generations and Environmental Ethics"
In his article, Lawrence E. Johnson discusses the moral significance of future generations.
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"An Institutionalist Approach to Environmental Valuation: The Regional Forest Programme of Southwest Finland as an Example"
This paper discusses the impacts of different formal and informal institutions upon the Regional Forest Programme of Southwest Finland (1997–2001).
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"Reproductive Liberty and Overpopulation: A Response"
This appraisal of Carol A. Kates’ “Reproductive Liberty and Overpopulation” challenges her call for world-wide population control measures—using compulsory methods if necessary—to save the world’s environment.
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Shearman, Richard, "Can We Be 'Friends of the Earth?'"
In his paper, Richard Shearman argues that a person living according to moral virtue will recognize that the nonhuman world should be valued and thus protected (at least in part) for its own sake.
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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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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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"Gender, Values and Power in Local Environmental Conflicts: The Case of Grassroots Organisations in North Catalonia"
In this article, Mercè Agüera-Cabo presents the case of grassroots organizations in North Catalonia in the context of gender, values, and power in local environmental conflicts.
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Brook, Isis, "Editorial: Ethics Gets Real"
In this editorial, Isis Brook introduces the complex field of ethical thinking about environments and non-human entities.
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"Anthropocentrism vs. Nonanthropocentrism: Why Should We Care?"
In her essay, Katie McShane argues that even if we grant the truth of Bryan Norton’s convergence hypothesis, there are still good reasons to worry about anthropocentric ethics.
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Shaped by the Imagination: Myths of Water, Women, and Purity
Our notions of water are closely linked to the female body and to discourses of objectification and control. It is this critical interlacing of ideas about gender, purity, and power that makes water intensely political.