Does it make sense to say that one should not, or ought not, take pleasure in certain objects or events within the natural environment? Cheryl Foster explores ethical constraints on aesthetic activity and appreciation.
The present article offers an analysis of human surprise and ignorance in the context of environmental issues.
The article explores the possibilities of a new ethic that incorporates the phenomenon of environmental crisis and aims at changing people’s outlooks and behaviour.
Patrick Murphy argues for a new conception of human agency based on culturopoeia and an application of an ecofeminist dialogic method for analysing human-nature relationships.
Arne Naess discusses the distinction made by Kant between “moral” and “beautiful” actions in relation to efforts to counteract the current ecological crisis.
Alan MacQuillan discusses the advent of new forestry in the United States as representing a traumatic shift in the philosophy of national forestry praxis, a broadening of values to include aesthetics and sustainability of natural ecological process.
Lester Milbrath discusses the good life, as practised in modern society, claiming it to not only be unsustainable but also frequently not even good.
James Anderson discusses concepts of “species equality” and “species superiority” to provide a framework of intrinsic values that justify such terms.
Roger Paden traces the influence of biological ideas on environmental ethics. Is there an alternative to the grand theories commonly employed?
John Haldane discusses the need to consider issues relating to the aesthetics of the environment, using a little known theory of Aquinas.
