"Convergence, Noninstrumental Value and the Semantics of 'Love': Reply to Norton"
This article comments on Norton’s conception on convergence, noninstrumental value and the semantics of “love.”
This article comments on Norton’s conception on convergence, noninstrumental value and the semantics of “love.”
Chistopher J. Preston explains why environmental ethicists with a commitment to the normative significance of the historical evolutionary process may see synthetic biology as a moral “line in the sand.”
In this essay, Freya Mathews argues that the moral point of view involves a feeling for the inner reality of others and explains the consequences of this idea for other-than-human life forms and systems.
This paper argues for a broader understanding of the multidimensionality of environmental problems.
This study addresses two questions: (1) what visions of nature do lay people subscribe to? (2) to what extent do these visions reflect those of professional philosophers?
Clive L. Spash’s editorial for Environmental Values 17.
In his paper, John O’Neill discusses Holland’s perception on happiness and the good life.
This paper argues that a worthwhile life is one in which the meaningful relationships existing in nature are recognised and respected.
This paper considers—and rejects—some of the more usual understandings of animal suffering.
This paper discusses two central themes of the work of Alan Holland: the relations between the natural and the normative and how our duties regarding animals cohere with our obligations to respect nature.