In this essay Steward Davidson argues that bioregionalism’s assimilation of aspects of deep ecology, and particularly an emphasis upon cross-species identification, undermines the project in various ways.
This paper offers a critical examination of efforts to use Heidegger’s thought to illuminate deep ecology.
Bruce Morito shows that our inclusion as members of the ecological community makes our valuational activity an integral and transformational element within more comprehensive ecological processes, thus indicating a need for our moral commitment to the environment to be radically reshaped.
Markus J. Peterson and Tarla Rai Peterson make an argument for the synergy between deep, feminist, and scientific ecology towards improving environmental policy.
Tony Lynch discusses the relevance of seeing deep ecology as an aesthetic movement rather than as a moral ethic.
This article assesses the merits of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Protected Areas Matrix, and asks whether we are destroying endogenous processes that generate biocultural diversity in our quest to conserve it.
This article argues that in exploring the hypothesis that diversity creates resilience, we need to go beyond the simple notion that economic diversity is an unquestioned good.
Mary Midgley explores if there is a necessary clash between concern for animals and concern for the environment as a whole.
Michael Levine discusses pantheism in relation to ecology in the context of the search for the metaphysical and ethical foundations for an ethological ethic.
Shrader-Frechette and McCoy use examples related to preservation versus development, hunting versus animal rights, and controversies over pest control, to show that, because ecology is conceptually and theoretically underdetermined, environmental values often influence the practice of ecological science.
