philosophy

This issue aims to continue the discussion of how the continental tradition might advance or transform environmental thinking by considering different philosophers’ works.

In his article, Ben A. Minteer analyzes American pragmatist John Dewey’s idea of public interest in the context of environmental ethics and policy discussions.

Darren Domsky discusses J. Baird Callicott’s attack on Christopher D. Stone’s moral pluralism and argues that it fails entirely.

This paper offers an ethico-political interpretation of primitivism’s critical relation to modernity in terms of the dialectic between amorality (innocence) and immorality (guilt) within what is characterized as modernity’s “culture of contamination.”

Ronan Palmer discusses philosophical aspects of environmental values.

Maurie J. Cohen undertakes a comparative analysis of how national context has differently shaped science as a public epistemology.

Sheila Jasanoff reflects on the role of science in promoting convergent perceptions of risk across disparate political cultures.

Annie L. Booth discusses environmental spirituality.

Anthony C., Burton, Susan M. Chilton, and Martin K. Jones explores the psychological foundations of the “Willingness to Pay/Willingness to Accept” discrepancy.

J. Baird Callicott responds to Ben A. Minteer’s representation of his critique of moral pluralism.