Benatar, David, "Why the Naive Argument against Moral Vegetarianism Really is Naive"
David Benatar refutes Peter Alward’s defense of the “naive argument” against moral vegetarianism.
David Benatar refutes Peter Alward’s defense of the “naive argument” against moral vegetarianism.
Y. S. Lo argues that textual evidence from David Hume’s A Treatise of Human Nature does not support J. Baird Callicott’s professedly Humean yet holistic environmental ethic, which understands the community (e.g., the biotic community) as a ‘metaorganismic’ entity ‘over and above’ its individual members.
The concept of intrinsic value is shown to be instantiated, and defended against a range of criticisms.
In this essay, Marks Woods and Paul Veatch Moriatry try to answer two philosophical questions in order to develop and enact sensible policies: (1) What exactly makes a species native or exotic, and (2) What values are at stake?
Ned Hettinger argues that exotic species should not be identified as damaging species, species introduced by humans, or species originating from some other geographical location and presents an alternative characterization.
Rob Hart and Uwe Latacz-Lohmann analyze inconsistencies in contingent valuation surveys, which have tended to yield results that seem to go contrary to what is seen as “rational choice.”
Christopher J. Preston explores differing stances taken by supporters of the intrinsic value and the care approaches to environmental ethics, and looks for common ground.
This guest editorial takes stock of what was achieved since the UN Conference on Environment and Development at Rio, and speculates on the results of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg.
Examining the concepts of “security” and “sustainability” Michael Redclift argues that, although the importance of the environment has been increasingly acknowledged since the 1970s, there has been a failure to incorporate other discourses surrounding “nature.”
In this article, Finn Arler focuses on the question of inter- and intragenerational justice in relation to climate change.