Debate: Is the earth a living organism?
For more on Gaia go to http://www.gaiatheory.org Question: Do you consider the Earth a living organism?________________________________________A If it’s true then it…
Read MoreCopenhagen Agreement 2010
Copenhagen Agreement National leaders and sleep-deprived negotiators thrashed out a text late last night that could determine the balance of power…
Read MoreExtract 4: Singer on Animal Rights
If a being suffers, there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what…
Read MoreExtract 2: Lynn White Origins of the Present Crisis
Lynn White’s essay was first published in 1967. In it she blames a certain branch of Christian Ethics for the unsustainable…
Read MoreExtract 1: Ethical Theories and the Environment
Traditional Ethical Theories and Contemporary Environmental Ethics Source: Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy Although environmental ethicists often try to distance themselves from…
Read MoreExtract 3: Utilitarian Ethics and the Tragedy of the Commons
In his essay, The Tragedy of the Commons, Garrett Hardin (1968) looked at what happens when humans do not limit their…
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