philosophy

This paper outlines a constructivist approach to environmental ethics which attempts to reconcile realism in the ontological sense.

This essay addresses the implications of German Idealism and Romanticism, and in particular the philosophy of Schelling as it is informed by Kant and Goethe, for contemporary environmental philosophy.

In this paper, it is argued that Nietzsche’s account of nature provides us with a challenging diagnosis of the modern crisis in our relationship with nature.

In this paper, questions on envrionmental problems are explored by examining the ontology of environmental problems.

Alan Carter seeks to advance our understanding of some of the possibilities within Humean moral theory, while simultaneously providing new foundations for both animal welfare and a wider environmental ethic.

Peter Alward examines a naive argument against moral vegetarianism.

H.A.E. Zwart discusses Ibsen’s The Wild Duck as the origin of a new animal science.

Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.

In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”

In this paper, Derek D. Turner argues that by focusing too narrowly on consequentialist arguments for ecosabotage, environmental philosophers such as Michael Martin (1990) and Thomas Young (2001) have tended to overlook important facts about monkeywrenching.