Everyday Ethics

     As an environmental, tree-hugging dirt worshipper, I am often baffled by people’s utter lack of concern for environmental issues.  It seems that most people are blissfully unaware that we require clean air, water, and soil in order to survive, and that we do a lot of stuff every day that makes these resources dirtier [...]

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It is inevitable that as certain scientific claims are brought to light, corresponding ethical questions follow.  For example, if it were suddenly discovered that all mammals are without question highly sentient creatures that have complex emotional response systems as well as traits that could only be called “consciousness”, the moral debate over the appropriate treatment [...]

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The relationship between the environmental movement and the philosophical discipline of environmental ethics is long-standing and, I believe, potentially harmful.  It is not surprising that asking philosophical questions about environmental problems owes its roots to a more general concern for the natural world that is not necessarily philosophical in nature.  However, the connection between these [...]

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