What ethical perspective should inform environmental policy making in areas such as climate change and biodiversity? Is an economic approach founded on utilitarianism ethically defensible? Aa Aa Aa ...
The paper argues that new environmental values are needed as the advanced industrial economy becomes global. Reviewing a range of values from hunter-gatherer, agricultural and industrial societies, ...
Virtue ethics can be particularly helpful for any kind of leadership because they nurture the formation of character, the lasting habits of the heart and mind necessary to effect positive change in ...
Intentions matter. This simple wisdom becomes quite apparent the older we become. Though we don’t always have control on the outcome of our effort, our intentions often dictate how happy or upset we ...
A year ago, we predicted that the number of green consumers would stay constant in 2024, despite climate chaos and backlash. Despite evidence of accelerated weather-related disasters and a desire ...
Amanda Baugh, a professor of religious studies at Cal State, Northridge, will talk about minority communities who embody the ethic of living lightly on the earth, based in love and respect for God's ...
Narratives about nature in Singapore’s history textbooks over the last four decades portray the natural world as a realm that should be feared, controlled and exploited, a recent research article has ...
Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 111, No. 10 (Aug., 2003), pp. 1318-1325 (8 pages) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) generally uses reference doses (RfDs) or reference ...