Michael Mason argues that Habermasian moral theory reveals a key tension between, on the one hand, an ethical commitment to wilderness preservation informed by deep ecological and bioregional principles that is oriented to a naturalistic value order and, on the other, the procedural norms of democratic participation.
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Paul M. Wood discusses biodiversity as the source of biological resources.
Giuseppe Munda presents a systematic discussion, mainly for non-economists, on economic approaches to the concept of sustainable development.
I.G. Simmons examines the basic thesis that environmental values must spring from the economic relations of human societies.
This article comments on Norton’s conception on convergence, noninstrumental value and the semantics of “love.”
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?
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.