Faking Nature explores the arguments surrounding the concept of ecological restoration.
This is a crucial process in the modern world and is central to companies' environmental …

This essay provides an overview of the field of environmental ethics. I sketch the major
debates in the field from its inception in the 1970s to today, explaining both the central tenets …

A rational process for assessment of environmental policy options should be based on an
appreciation of how humans value nature. Increased understanding of values will also …

Many environmental scientists, scholars and activists characterise our situation as one of
alienation from nature, but this notion can easily seem meaningless or irrational. In this …

This book challenges the widely-held view that Marxism is unable to deal adequately with
environmental problems. Jonathan Hughes considers the nature of environmental problems …

Zen Buddhism and Environmental Ethics explores the implications of Zen Buddhist
teachings and practices for our moral relations with the natural world. At once an accessible …

It is often claimed by environmental philosophers and green political theorists that liberalism,
the dominant tradition of western political philosophy, is too focused on the interests of …

Environmentalist philosophers often paint a holistic picture, stressing such things as the
continuity of humanity with wider nature and our membership of the'natural community'. The …

There are things that can be done and are done to life on earth (whether it be human, animal
or plant life) which, even if they do not involve or produce any suffering, are still considered …

This article examines environmental ethics theories focused on the division between
“anthropocentric” and “ecocentric” approaches in regard to three valuebases for …