environmentalism

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.

Michael C. MacCracken analyses issues of contention within the climate change discussions in Washington, and stresses the need for strong leadership.

Stephen M. Gardiner discusses climate change, intergenerational ethics, and the convergence of problems which make climate change “a perfect moral storm.”

Peter Singer argues that on any plausible principle, industrialised nations should be doing much more to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions than the Kyoto Protocol requires.

Marcel Wissenburg argues that ‘global and ecological justice’ represents an informal combination of four distinct and sometimes conflicting ideas: global justice, protection of the ecology, sustainability and sustainable growth.

In this editorial, Alan Holland discusses environmentalism through philosophy and the avoidance of sentimentality.