Although philosophy may not be the first thing people think of when it comes to conservation, Colorado State University’s own ...

Adamson, Joni, Mei Mei Evans, and Rachel Stein, eds. The Environmental Justice Reader: Politics, Poetics, and Pedagogy. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2002 ...

Ethics are a broad way of thinking about what constitutes a good life and how to live one. They address questions of right and wrong, making good decisions, and the character or attributes necessary ...

In this essay, I consider three questions: is ecology "value-laden," what values are found in ecology, and what values should ecologists advocate (if any)? I conclude that ecology is laden with a ...

The conference goals are to explore how different theoretical approaches within environmental philosophy, especially when placed in dialogue with the natural sciences and other disciplines, can offer ...

Northern Nevada will engage in a number of Earth Day activities on Sunday, including the annual celebration in Idlewild Park. On Friday, April 29, however, the University of Nevada, Reno will have the ...

Ecological Restoration and the Question of Values Environmental Ethics and Encountering the Local Landscape Risks and Benefits of a "New Wilderness Paradigm" ...

In this paper, I investigate what I call "ecological value cognition," a term designating a cognitive process by which one understands: (1) a value or set of values which pertain to the environment, ...

J. Baird Callicott is often credited with founding the field of environmental ethics. Beginning by teaching the world’s first course in environmental ethics in 1971 at the University of Wisconsin ...

Philosophy majors are a favorite punching bag for university critics—including past, Floridian Republican presidential candidates. In the early 2010s, there were annually about 7,800 philosophy ...