ethics

This paper suggests that the contribution of Buddhism to the issue of species conservation should be part of the conservation discourse.

In this article Ronald Sandler considers four concerns regarding the possibility of an environmental virtue ethic functioning as an alternative—rather than a supplement—to more conventional approaches to environmental ethics.

This paper outlines a constructivist approach to environmental ethics which attempts to reconcile realism in the ontological sense.

In his article, Mick smith suggests an alternative model of political expression more suitable to an environmental ethic, the denizen.

This essay addresses the implications of German Idealism and Romanticism, and in particular the philosophy of Schelling as it is informed by Kant and Goethe, for contemporary environmental philosophy.

In this paper, it is argued that Nietzsche’s account of nature provides us with a challenging diagnosis of the modern crisis in our relationship with nature.

Alan Carter seeks to advance our understanding of some of the possibilities within Humean moral theory, while simultaneously providing new foundations for both animal welfare and a wider environmental ethic.

Nigel Dower discusses human development in relation to environmental ethics.

In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”

Timothy O’Riordan and Andrew Jordan discuss the place of the precautionary principle in contemporary environmental politics, arguing that its future looks promising but not assured.