"Ecological Restoration, Environmentalism and the Dutch Politics of 'New Nature'"
In this paper, Hein-Anton van der Heijden discusses Dutch politics of “New Nature.”
In this paper, Hein-Anton van der Heijden discusses Dutch politics of “New Nature.”
This paper explores the context of environmental justice (EJ) in Scotland, and presents a case study whereby the main attributes for an indicator of EJ were identified, encompassing procedural and distributive aspects of justice.
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.
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).
In his article, Steven Vogel analyzes the role of language in nature discourses.
In this paper, Derek D. Turner argues that by focusing too narrowly on consequentialist arguments for ecosabotage, environmental philosophers such as Michael Martin (1990) and Thomas Young (2001) have tended to overlook important facts about monkeywrenching.
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.
Kimberly K. Smith argues that environmental political theory poses new challenges to our received political concepts and values.
The present paper is a commentary on very interesting papers by Thomas Dunlap, Thomas Hill, and Kimberly Smith, who take up the spiritual, ethical, and political perspectives respectively. Their accounts are described and evaluated.
Michael C. MacCracken analyses issues of contention within the climate change discussions in Washington, and stresses the need for strong leadership.