Schlangenlinien: Eine Geschichte der Kreuzotter
Schlangenlinien examines the history of the European Viper and the shift from extermination policies to those of protection and rehabilitation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
animals
Dead Zones and Toxic Algae Bloom in US Waters
Arcadia, Spring 2017, no. 7
Troubling Species: Care and Belonging in a Relational World
About this issue
The categories and the types of care we assign are very often tenuous and troubled in nature. The articles in this volume explore some of the intricacy, ambiguity, and even irony in our perceptions and approaches to “multispecies” relations.
Content
The Domestic Stain, or Maintaining Standards
Harriet Ritvo’s article complicates the categorical separation of “wild” and “domesticated” that has organized much Western thought on species distinctions. Ritvo invites us to think beyond the boundaries and fixedness of dominant concepts.
Small-Scale Fisheries versus Whale-Watching Tourism: The Story of Puerto López
Arcadia, Spring 2017, no. 3
Crisp, Roger, "Animal Liberation is not an Environmental Ethic: A Response to Dale Jamieson"
Roger Crisp responds to Dale Jamieson’s views on animal liberation as environmental ethic.
Frank, Joshua, "A Constrained-Utility Alternative to Animal Rights"
This article argues that a purely rights-based approach to greater consideration of animals is not theoretically or practically sound. It suggests a constrained-utility approach, which is both operational and based on negotiated consensus.
Brook, Isis, "Editorial: Ethics Gets Real"
In this editorial, Isis Brook introduces the complex field of ethical thinking about environments and non-human entities.
A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth about Factory Farms
This film exposes the dangerous environmental practices common in the meat and poultry production industry.
Jamieson, Dale, "Animal Liberation is an Environmental Ethic"
Dale Jamieson discusses animal liberation as an environmental ethic.