According to Arne Naess in ““The Shallow and the Deep, Long Range Ecology Movements: A Summary”, two fields of thought in the modern Ecology movement are competing for the attention of the scientific and ethical communities. He distinguishes between these two movements, and summarizes them as Deep Ecology and Shallow Ecology. Shallow Ecology has a... Continue Reading →
William Baxter, in a passage from his book on the law and economics of pollution control, People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution, provides an Anthropocentric view of animal rights through his criterion for solving the problem of pollution and waste. When approaching how to solve a problem, specifically the problem of Environmental pollution,... Continue Reading →
When analyzing environmental Issues and where one stands, one must consider central questions at the heart of environmental ethics: what value do humans and nonhumans have? Do they share the same value? Do either have “moral standing”, or intrinsic value beyond being a means to an end? Humans, as moral agents capable of reflecting on... Continue Reading →
Thus far, we have examined environmental Worldviews as they have evolved over time. The worldview effects and dictates how humans view and utilize their environment. The term “Anthropocene” is a proposed epoch of natural history which commenced when humans fist had impact on geological and natural systems. Inthe Environmental Ethics and Policy Book, 3rdedition, Donald... Continue Reading →
As Environmental Ethics has evolved from the ancient Greek and Romans, through the Medieval philosophies, and now to our modern environmental policies, the anthropocentrism of the environmental worldviews has dramatically increased. Ancient ethics supported by Pre-Socratics and Plato, took the stance of Environmental Wisdom, which is Biosphere and ecosystem centered. Medieval ethics,... Continue Reading →
Environmental Ethics 