human rights

Robin Attfield refutes the neo-Malthusian paradigm put forward by Holmes Rolston, arguing that authentic development will seldom conflict with nature conservation.

This article examines allegedly Humean solutions by J. Baird Callicott to the is/ought dichotomy and the land ethic’s summary moral precept, concluding that neither the solution nor the argument is Humean or cogent.

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.

William Grey discusses the moral status of future persons, and the relationship between abortion and environmental values.

This film discusses many of the themes surrounding water issues, especially privatization.

J. Baird Callicott explains how the concept of intrinsic value from environmental ethics has contributed to reshaping discourses of environmental activism and policy.

In this article the author poses the question whether rationality can be the reason why humans deserve moral consideration and animals do not.

In his Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ Pope Francis invokes all humans, believers and non-believers alike, to work together to save the earth from environmental degradation and create a fair and sustainable future for all.

This film examines life in the Chittagong ship demolition yard, where workers risk their lives for two dollars a day to provide for their families.

This film follows a seventeen-year-old Chinese girl who leaves home in order to work in a Chinese jeans factory.