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4Environmental EthicsIn R. G. Frey & Christopher Heath Wellman (eds.), A Companion to Applied Ethics, Blackwell. 2005.This chapter contains sections titled: Varieties of Environmental Ethics Environmental Ethics as Applied Ethics.
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3On the Irreplaceability of PlaceWorldviews 2 (3): 179-184. 1998.I examine a puzzle concerning the role of humans in the appreciation of place that arises in Christoph Rehmann-Sutter's paper in this volume, specifically the problem of the irreplaceability of place. If places are designated as valuable in part because they are irreplaceable, and if any human can appreciate any place, then how can humans ever be part of a place if they are ultimately substitutable as agents who appreciate places? After identifying the puzzle I briefly discuss two possible ways …Read more
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2Technology, Democracy and Environmentalism On Feenberg's Questioning TechnologyEnds and Means 4 (2). 2000.
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2Rereading bookchin and marcuse as environmental materialistsCapitalism Nature Socialism 4 (1): 69-98. 1993.
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2Introduction: Environmental pragmatism and environmental ethics as contested terrainIn Andrew Light & Eric Katz (eds.), Environmental Pragmatism, Routledge. pp. 1--18. 1996.
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2Environmental pragmatism as philosophy or metaphilosophy? On the Weston-Katz debateIn Andrew Light & Eric Katz (eds.), Environmental Pragmatism, Routledge. pp. 325--338. 1996.
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1Compatibilism in political ecologyIn Andrew Light & Eric Katz (eds.), Environmental Pragmatism, Routledge. pp. 161--184. 1996.
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1Philosophy and Geography Ii the Production of Public Space (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1997.Philosophers and geographers have converged on the topic of public space, fascinated and in many ways alarmed by fundamental changes in the way post-industrial societies produce space for public use, and in the way citizens of these same societies perceive and constitute themselves as a public. This volume advances this inquiry, making extensive use of political and social theory, while drawing intimate connections between political principles, social processes, and the commonplaces of our every…Read more
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1Nature, Class, and the Built World: Philosophical Essays Between Political Ecology and Critical TechnologyDissertation, University of California, Riverside. 1996.The collection of papers that comprise this thesis explore three sets of questions important to environmental philosophy, broadly construed. All three topics are explored through the theoretical device of environmental pragmatism, the argument that philosophical disagreements on environmental questions can sometimes be set aside in order to achieve compatible strategies to work toward improving environmental conditions. As part of this strategy, pragmatists also call for the abandonment of the e…Read more
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1Re-Designing Humankind: The Rise of Cyborgs, a Desirable Goal?In Pieter E. Vermaas, Peter Kroes, Andrew Light & Steven A. Moore (eds.), Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture, Springer. 2008.
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Design: Structure, Process, and Function: A Systems Methodology PerspectiveIn Pieter E. Vermaas, Peter Kroes, Andrew Light & Steven A. Moore (eds.), Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture, Springer. 2008.
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Philosophy and Geography Iii Philosophies of Place (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 1998.A growing literature testifies to the persistence of place as an incorrigible aspect of human experience, identity, and morality. Place is a common ground for thought and action, a community of experienced particulars that avoids solipsism and universalism. It draws us into the philosophy of the ordinary, into familiarity as a form of knowledge, into the wisdom of proximity. Each of these essays offers a philosophy of place, and reminds us that such philosophies ultimately decide how we make, us…Read more
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Climate DiplomacyIn Stephen M. Gardiner & Allen Thompson (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics, Oxford University Press. 2017.This chapter explores the ethical dimensions of diplomatic efforts to form a global agreement on climate change. It offers a brief historical background on the core multilateral climate negotiation body, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and highlights some contentious moral elements of these negotiations. In particular, it explores the complex ways in which the principle of “common but differentiated responsibilities” has driven debates on how burdens for mitigation, ad…Read more
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T. C. Boyle’s A Friend of the Earth (2001), tells the story of Tyrone Tierwater, a one time monkeywrencher and environmental avenger for “E. F.!” (Earth Forever!) who we first meet in 2025 in his mid-seventies. Tierwater is now working for a character based on Michael Jackson, who in his semi-retirement has employed the elder eco-warrior to help save some of the last remnants of a few dying species – warthogs, peccaries, hyenas, jackals, lions and what is likely the last Patagoninan fox. The not…Read more
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Beyond Inevitability: Emphasizing the Role of Intention and Ethical Responsibility in Engineering DesignIn Pieter E. Vermaas, Peter Kroes, Andrew Light & Steven A. Moore (eds.), Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture, Springer. 2008.
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Urban ecological citizenshipIn Craig Hanks (ed.), Technology and values: essential readings, Wiley-blackwell. 2010.
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It is an old wag among environmentalists that humans have become disconnected from nature. The culprits for this conundrum are various. If it is not our addiction to technological enticements then it is our life in big cities which alienate us from our “earthen elements.” The presumed result of this disconnection is that we do not respect the land anymore and turn a blind eye to the environmental consequences of our collective acts of consumption and pollution. Various bits of evidence are produ…Read more
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Public Goods, Future Generations, and Environmental QualityIn , Routledge. 2000.Foremost in importance among these changes has been a transition in many governments' attitudes to fulfilling their role as caretaker of environmental quality. A question remains, however, concerning the propriety of managing a publicly provided good, such as the regulation of water and air quality, through market mechanisms such as optimal taxes and transferable quotas. There are a number of options open to us if we wish to object to the privatization of the regulation of environmental quality …Read more
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Expert Culture, Representation, and Public Choice: Architectural Renderings as the Editing of RealityIn Pieter E. Vermaas, Peter Kroes, Andrew Light & Steven A. Moore (eds.), Philosophy and Design: From Engineering to Architecture, Springer. 2008.
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Robert Elliot's 1982 “Faking Nature,” represents one of the strongest philosophical rejections of the ground of restoration ecology ever offered.1 Here, and in a succession of papers defending the original essay, Elliot argued that ecological restoration, the practice of restoring damaged ecosystems, was akin to art forgery. Just as a copied art work could not reproduce the value of the original, restored nature could not reproduce the value of original nature, conceived as a form of nonanthropo…Read more
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The Role of Technology in Environmental Questions: Martin Buber and Deep Ecology as Answers to Technological ConsciousnessResearch in Philosophy and Technology 12 83-104. 1992.
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Democracy and the Claims of Nature: Critical Perspectives for a New Century (edited book)Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 2002.In Democracy and the Claims of Nature, the leading thinkers in the fields of environmental, political, and social theory come together to discuss the tensions and sympathies of democratic ideals and environmental values. The prominent contributors reflect upon where we stand in our understanding of the relationship between democracy and the claims of nature. Democracy and the Claims of Nature bridges the gap between the often competing ideals of the two fields, leading to a greater understanding…Read more