81. Dædalus Multicultural environmental ethics J. Baird Callicott. NE MAIN APPROACH to a theory of environmental ethics is “anthropocentricism”—that is, the human http://www.amacad.org/publications/fall2001/callicott.htm

Multicultural Environmental Ethics J. Baird Callicott NE MAIN APPROACH to a theory of environmental ethics is “anthropocentricism”—that is, the human-centered approach. A single individual’s actions with regard to the environment may have an impact on all human beings. We are outraged by a direct assault perpetrated by one human being against another, especially if the perpetrator is more powerful and privileged than the victim. When the assault, however, is indirect, mediated by a vector of some sort, then our moral sensibilities may remain untouched, especially if the powerful and privileged perpetrators work to direct attention away from the causal chain of events beginning with their actions and ending with injury to the weaker and poorer. As Donald Brown notes in his essay in this issue of Dædalus That environmental problems do not respect political boundaries is by now a truism. They also cross boundaries of religion and culture. The migration routes of the endangered Siberian crane, for example, extend from shamanic Siberia through Eastern Orthodox Russia, cross Buddhist Tibet, Confucian China, and Islamic Afghanistan, and end in Hindu India.

82. Sciserv.pl -- Usage Young Reporters Sever do Vouga The environmental ethics Inter Home Page. Portugal. You are here Home Page Articles photos Portugal Sever do Vouga The environmental ethics Inter(view). http://sciserver.lanl.gov/cgi-bin/sciserv.pl?collection=journals&journal=1187786

83. Environmental Ethics environmental ethics. Enrolment code HPA277/377. The unit introduces students to the consideration of some philosophical problems in environmental ethics. http://www.admin.utas.edu.au/HANDBOOKS/UTASHANDBOOKS/UNITS/UNITSH/HPA277.html

Home Courses Schedules Disciplines ... Units Download: Units CRICOS Provider Code: 00586B Information relevant to Previous: Next: Hegel to Freud Environmental Ethics Enrolment code: HPA277/377 Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: For students who want to study a specialised area of applied ethics, and is a unit in the interdisciplinary environmental studies course open to both humanities and science undergraduates. The unit introduces students to the consideration of some philosophical problems in environmental ethics. The following questions are posed in relation to the environment: what are our duties to the environment, to other species, to future generations? how can these duties be determined? are there intrinsic and/or inherent values in nature? These questions are used as a basis for a critique of traditional moral theories. Contemporary moral theories, which have been suggested as plausible alternatives, are explored: is a universal ethic possible or desirable? does postmodernist relativism offer more plausible solutions to the environmental crisis? is the feminist ethic of care an alternative to a traditional ethic based on justice and rational principles? Staff Dr L Shotton For information on staff, turn to relevant Faculty website

84. Courses In Religion Taught By Carl B. Straub 215. environmental ethics. environmental ethics. This unit uses readings, seminar discussions, and field trips to examine and evaluate environmental issues. http://www.bates.edu/Faculty/Philosophy and Religion/Straub_courses.html

Courses in Religion taught by Carl B. Straub 215. Environmental Ethics. Values are important influences on the ways human communities relate to ecological communities, and hence on the character of the interaction between persons and their natural worlds. The course examines a range of environmental issues as moral problems, requiring ethical reflection. This ethical reflection takes into account both the cultural and religious contexts which have given rise to what is understood as a technological dominion over nature, and the cultural resources still remaining which may provide clues on how to live in friendship with the earth. Recommended background: one course in philosophy or religion. Open to first-year students. Click here to see syllabi or other course materials 217. Religion in the American Experience. The course seeks to understand the importance of religion in the evolution of a sense of national identity and of national destiny for the United States. Consideration is given to the importance of religious traditions both in the development and sanctioning of national mythologies, and in the critique or criticism of these mythologies. The historical background of such considerations begins with Native American religions. The course concludes with study of various "liberation theologies" which reflect a renewed awareness of a multicultural nation again uncertain of its grounds for unity. Open to first-year students. Click here to see syllabi or other course materials 230. Sacred Space: Religion and the Sense of Place. A historical and theoretical study of the ways religious traditions help define and develop a sense of place, lending significance to landscapes and cityscapes alike. Particular attention is given to understanding the power of religious worldviews in shaping an appreciation and evaluation of ecological environments. The course concludes with an assessment of the cultural and religious meaning of technology's remaking of the earth. Open to first-year students.

85. Whyphi ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENT. (1) A SHORT GUIDE TO environmental ethics. J. Baird Callicott, The Environmental Issues . environmental ethics. A study http://www.tamucc.edu/~sencerz/environguide.htm

ETHICS AND ENVIRONMENT (1) A SHORT GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS J. Baird Callicott, "The Search For an Environmental Ethics", in W.H. Shaw, Social and Personal Ethics (Wadsworth, 1996). Reading: Peter Singer, "Animal Liberation" or "The Place of Nonhumans in Environmental Issues" ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS A study of conceptual and moral issues concerning the growth of human population, consumption of resources, animal rights, the moral status of nature and species, etc. SOME ISSUES IN ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Why should we care about the planet? Or about its nonhuman residents? Do we have any obligations to future generations? Who, or what, are the proper subjects of moral considerations? Do animals have any serious moral standing? Do they have moral rights? Can we use animals and nature in any way that suits us? On what foundations should we rest our concern for rain-forest, marine ecology, or natural landscapes? TWO KINDS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGIES Morally-Indirect Environmental Strategies: We ought to protect the natural environment because, in the long run, it is good for us.

86. Polity Book Details: Environmental Ethics environmental ethics, The book introduces environmental problems and environmental ethics and surveys theories of the sources of the problems. http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=0745627382

87. Approaches In Environmental Ethics 1. Title. Approaches in environmental ethics. Anthropocentrism, Deep Ecology, environmental ethics, instrumentalism, intrinsic value, Land Ethic, Utilitarianism. http://www.gre.ac.uk/~bj61/talessi/tlr1.html

Teaching and Learning Resource (TLR) 1. Title Approaches in Environmental Ethics 2. Keywords Anthropocentrism, Deep Ecology, environmental ethics, instrumentalism, intrinsic value, Land Ethic, Utilitarianism. 3. Introduction The development of modern environmentalism has been accompanied by the emergence of a new field within the discipline of philosophy: environmental ethics. Working within this field, philosophers and others seek to explore the nature of the moral relationships that might be said to exist between humans and non-humans, asking questions such as: what kinds of ethical obligation do humans have towards non-humans? do these obligations vary between different kinds of non-human entity (eg living and non-living things; individual organisms and species)? do these obligations vary according to context (eg between urban and wilderness areas)? what is the precise nature of, and basis for, these obligations? Responses to these questions reveal that the field of environmental ethics encompasses a highly diverse range of approaches, which differ greatly in their potential implications for environmental decision making (individual, corporate, governmental). The study of environmental ethics, therefore, provides students with an opportunity for developing more informed judgements about their own personal practice, and about the environmental prescriptions, decisions and practice of others.

88. LibertyGuide.com - Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works environmental ethics What Really Matters, What Really Works. by Elizabeth Willott and David Schmidtz. A Lesson for environmental ethics. http://www.theihs.org/libertyguide/hsr/hsr.php/41.html

IHS WEB NETWORK // INSTITUTE FOR HUMANE STUDIES LIBERTYGUIDE POLITOPIA Sign Up Sign up to receive information on upcoming programs, newsletters, and more. Current member? Sign in. In the News Banning Secondhand Clothes 06.04.2004 - African countries ponder banning trade in used US and European clothing to foster domestic textile industries. Free Speech Victory for Drug Reform Groups 06.03.2004 - U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman struck down a law aimed at keeping drug reform ads out of DC-area subway stations and bus shelters. More Opportunities Call for Papers 06.02.2004 - The Center for International Relations (CIR) welcomes papers from academics, practitioners, and students regarding International Affairs, Intelligence and Economics issues. The 2004 David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists 06.02.2004 - The Chronicle of Higher Education has announced its annual David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists, consisting of a $2,000 prize and a certificate. Candidates may apply for the award by submitting up to three samples of published work accompanied... More HOME IN THE NEWS CAREER RESOURCES ... SITEMAP Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works

89. Environmental Ethics Syllabus, Ted Toadvine, Philosophy, Emporia State Universit environmental ethics. PI 500 B Spring 1999. 1100 1220 TR (PH 412). Joseph Desjardins, ed., environmental ethics Concepts, Policy, Theory (Mayfield, 1999). http://www.emporia.edu/socsci/philos/envir99.htm

Environmental Ethics PI 500 B Spring 1999 11:00 - 12:20 TR (PH 412) INSTRUCTOR: Ted Toadvine, 411P Plumb Hall Office Hours: MWF 1:00 - 2:00; T 2:00 - 4:00; and by appointment Phone: 341-5536 (office); 341-5462 (dept); Email: toadvint@emporia.edu COURSE DESCRIPTION: The goal of this course is to explore the possibility of a conception of nature true to our experiences while free from apocalyptic consequences. We will begin with a brief overview of the current state of the environment, basic concepts in ethics, and central themes in current environmental ethics. Next, we will examine historical, religious, and cultural influences on our current conception of nature and the human relationship with it. Turning then to contemporary approaches to environmentalism, we will cover a range of major positions currently under debate, with emphasis on critiques of anthropocentrism including deep ecology and ecofeminism. Finally, we will consider a recent attempt to provide a "phenomenological" foundation for environmental thinking in David Abram's The Spell of the Sensuous . We will evaluate Abram's combination of anthropological and phenomenological evidence for the "turning inside-out" of consciousness and the "sentience" of the Earth, as well as the ethical injunctions he draws from our embodiment.

90. Environmental Ethics Resources University Library Assistance Research Guides environmental ethics Resources Environment economics. environmental ethics. Environmental justice. http://libweb.sonoma.edu/assistance/subject/envethics.html

Skip Navigation Library Catalog Web Searches Library Collections ... Research Guides Environmental Ethics Resources Environmental Ethics Resources Books Journal Articles ILL Reference ... Citations In this library Snoopy , the library's online catalog - provides information on everything we own. In other libraries LINK+ Melvyl (University of California libraries) Other Libraries Search by Keyword (use any terms, can combine terms), or by Subject (one term at a time, must know the proper subject headings) (Sample subject headings; check the Library of Congress Subject Headings for more examples) Biological diversity Deep ecology Also see subheadings Philosophy, Religious aspects, United States. Ecofeminism Endangered species Environmental degradation. Environment economics. Environmental ethics. Environmental justice.

91. Do Martian Bugs Have Any Intrinsic Rights prospect of primitive life is the more controversial our concept of the appropriate response is shaped by our views on environmental ethics, where profound http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-life-03e.html

MARSDAILY The Intrinsic Rights Of Martian Bugs The intrinsic value of any potential ancient Martian fossils is not disputed, but what about living bugs that could seriously curtail human activity on Mars. The Spacefaring Web 3.14 by John Carter McKnight Scottsdale - Aug 01, 2003 Recent evidence of vast amounts of water ice on Mars supports the possibility of indigenous life. At the same time, that water could enable human settlement and massive environmental engineering, or terraforming . A moral conflict could face us soon, pitting Terrestrial life against the Martian. The course of action we choose should be informed by broad debate: the ethics, as much as the biology, of Mars deserves full exploration. Should intelligent extra-terrestrial life be discovered, presumably through a deep-space signal , the scientific community has a well-developed set of protocols for determining its response . No such protocols exist for responding to a discovery of microbial life (through there is a proposal to formulate them ). Oddly, the prospect of primitive life is the more controversial: our concept of the appropriate response is shaped by our views on environmental ethics, where profound disagreements on basic assumptions divide us in our daily lives as much as in our views of a future on Mars.

92. Bullfrog Films: Subject Areas: Environmental Ethics Videos Your address won t be traded or sold. Bullfrog Films PO Box 149 Oley, PA 19547 Tel 610/7798226 Fax 610/370-1978. environmental ethics Videos http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/subjects/environmentalethics.html

Search tips ORDER INFO Receive occasional notice of our new releases and special offers. Your address won't be traded or sold. Bullfrog Films P.O. Box 149 Oley, PA 19547 Tel: 610/779-8226 Fax: 610/370-1978 Environmental Ethics Videos Affluenza Diagnoses the "disease" of materialism and prescribes its antidote, simple living. The Air We Breathe Connects asthma and other respiratory diseases with air pollution and suburban sprawl. Ancient Sea Turtles Stranded in a Modern World The use of TEDs in shrimpers' nets would allow sea turtles to escape. Arkelope Wry cartoon comments on our attitude towards wildlife. Baked Alaska Looks at the battle over the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in the context of Alaska's accelerated warming. Biodiversity vs. Extinction Mass extinction of species can be stopped if we understand the importance of biodiversity. Biomimicry 2-part series based on the book Biomimicry - a new science that studies nature 's best ideas and then imitates these designs and processes to solve human problems. Biomimicry: Learning from Nature - Part 1 Using natural processes as the model for agriculture and business.

93. Environmental Ethics - Ethical Ecosphere ISSN 08326193. environmental ethics - Ethical Ecosphere. His areas of study are ecology, land use, environmental ethics, and other related subjects. http://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/content/v7.3/rowe.html

Trumpeter (1990) ISSN: 0832-6193 Environmental Ethics - Ethical Ecosphere J. Stan Rowe Trumpeter J. Stan Rowe is an Albertan by birth, and spent ninteen years in federal forestry research, until he went to the University of Saskatchewan in 1967. He is now an emeritus professor. His areas of study are ecology, land use, environmental ethics, and other related subjects. He has a new book due called Home Place , which consists of 28 essays on human ecology from an ecocentric point of view. It will be published this fall by NeWest Press (#310 Whyte Ave., Edmonton, Ab. T6E 1Z9). Fundamental Concerns Ethics is the branch of philosophy that studies and evaluates human conduct in the light of moral principles, the latter conceived to be either innate matters of conscience or powers of discrimination acquired through experience. However derived, moral principles are normative, they concern what is right or wrong, good or bad. In general they guide conduct away from egoism toward altruism, from selfishness toward unselfishness, from insensitivity toward sympathy. Melden 1 observes that acting out of self-interest is not a moral reason, while Warnock 2 claims that the proper general object of morality is to expand our sympathies, so as to reduce the damage inherent in narrowness of knowledge and of limited interests. Much earlier, David Hume 4 supported the idea that altruism is a normal human attribute. He argued that feelings of esteem, respect, regard, kinship, affection and sympathy are as natural to us as self-love. Their expression and scope, he suggested, depend on how reason and understanding inform them. Although he had society in mind as the beneficiary of its citizens' altruistic sentiments, I see no reason why benevolence should stop there.

94. The WFEO Code Of Environmental Ethics For Engineers The WFEO Code of environmental ethics for Engineers. The WFEO Committee on Engineering and Environment, with a strong and clear belief http://www.hk.super.net/~hkie_env/coe.htm

The WFEO Code of Environmental Ethics for Engineers The WFEO Committee on Engineering and Environment, with a strong and clear belief that mankind's enjoyment and permanence on this planet will depend on the care and protection provided to the environment, states the following principles: To all engineers When you develop any professional activity: 1. Try with the best of your ability, courage, enthusiasm and dedication to obtain a superior technical achievement, which will contribute to and promote a healthy and agreeable surrounding for all, in open spaces as well as indoors. 2. Strive to accomplish the beneficial objectives of your work with the lowest possible consumption of raw materials and energy and the lowest production of wastes and any kind of pollution. 3. Discuss in particular the consequence of your proposals and actions, direct or indirect, immediate or long term, upon social equity and the local system of values, and upon the health of people. 4. Study thoroughly the environment that will be affected, assess the impacts that might arise in the state, dynamics and aesthetics of the ecosystems involved, urbanised or natural, as well as in the pertinent socio- economic systems, and select the best alternative for an environmentally sound and sustainable development. 5. Promote a clear understanding of the actions required to restore and, if possible, to improve the environment that may be disturbed, and include them in your proposals.

95. Environmental Ethics, Spring 2003 Text Pojman, Louis P., editor, environmental ethics Readings in Theory and Application , third edition (Wadsworth, 2001) ISBN 0534-54371-5. http://www.uark.edu/campus-resources/rlee/envisp03/

Environmental Ethics Richard Lee David Miller Philosophy ... ENSC 400V-SP Spring 2003 Tentative Instructors Richard Lee Office hours David Miller Office hours Course number PHIL SAFARI number: 2893) ENSC 400V-SP (SAFARI number: 7694) Time MWF 11:30 a.m. - 12:20 p.m. Room AGRI 332 Brief Description: This course addresses ethical questions about nature and the natural environment. Is it wrong to cut down trees? If so, why? What about the treatment of non-human animals? Is it wrong to use them for whatever purposes we wish? Pollution. Pesticides. Global Warming. Population control. These are some of the issues that we will address. The approach will be philosophical. As a class we will be looking for answers to these normative ethical issues. The course is co-taught by a professor in philosophy and one in the department of Crops, Soils, and Environmental Science. Text: Pojman, Louis P., editor, Environmental Ethics: Readings in Theory and Application , third edition (Wadsworth, 2001) ISBN: 0-534-54371-5 Other information: Requirements Important Dates Reading Schedule Policies ... Why Do Philosophy?

96. Environmental Ethics Syllabus PHI 500. environmental ethics. Spring 1998. Texts. Susan Armstrong and Richard Botzler, eds., environmental ethics, second edition (McGrawHill, 1998). http://www.kzoo.edu/phil/Envir98.html

Philosophy Department 1200 Academy St. Kalamazoo, MI 49006 PHI 500 Environmental Ethics Spring 1998 Professor Ted Toadvine 203 Humphrey House Course Description The Spell of the Sensuous . We will evaluate Abram's combination of anthropological and phenomenological evidence for the "turning inside-out" of consciousness and the "sentience" of the Earth, and the ethical injunctions he sees as consequences of our embodiment. Our goal throughout will be to explore the possibility of a conception of nature true to our experiences while free from apocalyptic consequences. Course Requirements 50% five 500-word response papers (10% each) 40% two 1500-word papers, midterm and final (20% each) 10% participation Five typewritten response papers of at least 500 words will be based on the readings and class discussions. In these short papers, I will be looking less for a polished essay than an authentic attempt to grapple with the philosophical issues posed in the course. The midterm and final paper will be 1500-word typewritten responses to questions distributed in advance and will draw on material covered through that point in the course. The final paper is due on the date set for the final exam. Attendence and participation in class discussions is expected. Missing three or more classes will result in a full grade reduction. Texts Susan Armstrong and Richard Botzler, eds.

97. PHIL 314: Main Page Philosophy 314 environmental ethics. Gary Varner, In Nature s Interests? Interests, Animal Rights and environmental ethics (Oxford University Press, 1998). http://www-phil.tamu.edu/~gary/ee/

Philosophy 314: Environmental Ethics 8:00-9:15 Tuesdays and Thursdays room 326 Reed McDonald Gary Varner , Associate Professor of Philosophy Click here for the course calendar COURSE DESCRIPTION The primary goal of this course is to prepare students to understand and to critically evaluate various ethical perspectives on human beings' interactions with nature and these perspectives' applications to environmental issues. A secondary goal of the course is to familiarize students with the historical sources of these perspectives and with contemporary manifestations of them in the political arena. The principal ethical perspectives studied are: anthropocentrism, animal welfare and animal rights views, biocentric individualism, and environmental holism. We will study representative descriptions and defenses of these perspectives and consider their application to contemporary environmental issues such as: hunting, endangered species, the property "takings" issue, the legal status of non-human nature, wilderness preservation and management, sustainable development and sustainable agriculture

98. World Conference On Science Final reports from the international conference, addressing many aspects of the place of science in society, including ethics, science and technology in economic development, and environmental and economic issues. http://helix.nature.com/wcs/index.html

99. Centre For Business And Public Sector Ethics Academic research centre using its own lateral methodology to look at complex ethical, social and environmental issues. Details publications, research, staff and associates. based in Cambridge. http://www.ethicscentre.org/

CENTRE FOR BUSINESS AND PUBLIC SECTOR ETHICS, CAMBRIDGE, UK Welcome to the Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics, Cambridge, UK - click the map to enter Centre for Business and Public Sector Ethics - Registered Charity No. 1045986

100. Geneethics.org Nonprofit federation of groups and individuals in Australia promoting critical discussion and debate on the environmental, social and ethical impacts of genetic engineering technologies. http://www.geneethics.org

Latest Material News Release: Regulator Licenses Gene and Chemical Pollution News Release: Animal Clones Unfit for Food GE-free Picnic at CERES Action Alert: Keep Victoria GE-free ... Letter to the Editor: Farmer levies used to promote GE The GeneEthics Network - Working to keep Australia GE-free The GeneEthics Network was founded in 1988. We promote critical community discussion and debate on the economic, market, environmental, social and ethical impacts of genetic engineering (GE) technologies. The Network campaigns for the precautionary principle to be rigorously applied to all uses of GE. We also promote community participation in policy-making processes on: GE regulation, proposed releases of GE organisms and their products, food labelling, feral animal and weed control. GeneEthics Network supporters keep an eye on all uses of gene technology. News Release: Regulator Licenses Gene and Chemical Pollution The Office of Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) today licensed Monsanto's Roundup herbicide tolerant canola for release throughout Australia - anywhere, anytime, on any scale, by anyone, and permanently. The licence does not require further reporting (other than seed sales), monitoring, review or assessment. "Australia's invaluable reputation for clean green foods and the quality of our environment will be in tatters if state governments allow the licence to be used," says GeneEthics Director, Bob Phelps.

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