environmentalism

Douglas E. Booth discusses valuation and policy surrounding preservation of old-growth forest ecosystems.

Christopher Williams discusses the personal, social and cash costs of environmental victimization, using psycho-social literature and brief case studies of intellectual disability, road transport, and cross-border pollution.

Emily Brady argues for the importance of aesthetic value, as aesthetic experience is already embedded in a range of human practices and should be considered in policy debates.

This article examines the twin concepts of “playing God” and “vexing Nature” as they relate to arguments against (or for) certain human technological actions and behaviors.

Ben A. Minteer criticises the tendency in environmental ethics to demonstrate a preference for foundationalist approaches in the theoretical justification of environmentalism. He argues for a more contextual, social, and pragmatic approach.

Holmes Rolston III discusses nature and development in an invited response to other articles in this issue of Environmental Values.

John Andrews discusses weak panpsychism, the view that mind-like qualities are widespread in nature, in relation to environmental ethics.

Michael Prior discusses the theory behind economic valuation, concluding that all environmental valuation is at odds with beliefs based upon the existence of objective and intrinsic values.

Val Plumwood clarifies her stance on intentionality and the possibility of nonhuman agency, with reference to apparently purposeful machines and to Dennett’s theory of consciousness.

Brian K. Steverson argues against James Sterba’s attempt to show that anthropocentrists and nonanthropocentrists would accept the exact same principles of environmental justice.