This paper argues for a broader understanding of the multidimensionality of environmental problems.
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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?
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.
In his paper, Dan Greenwood tries to give an ecological response to Austrian economics.
Stanley Warner, Mark Feinstein, Raymond Coppinger, and Elisabeth Clemence discuss global population growth and the demise of nature, appealing for a change in the nature of the discussion of population among environmentalists, to focus on the question of how best to manage remaining wildlife.
Richard B. Harris discusses China’s policies in wildlife conservation, particularly with regard to endangered species to suggest that Western criticisms of Chinese utilitarian attitudes are inappropriate, ineffective, and possibly counter-productive.
Anne Chapman presents the world and the earth in the thought of Hannah Arendt.
In his paper, Simon P. James reconsiders Buddhist envrionmental ethics.