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69Christianity, Englishness and the southern English countryside: a study of the work of H.J. MassinghamSocial and Cultural Geography 3 (1): 25-38. 2002.This paper explores the relationships between Christianity, Englishness, and ideas about the southern English landscape in the writings of the 1930s and 1940s rural commentator, H.J. Massingham. The paper begins by looking in general terms at the conjunction of religious and national identities in the context of national landscapes before moving on to consider in more detail one particular instance of this in the writing of H.J. Massingham. Massingham's understanding of a divine natural order, h…Read more
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17“Taming the Wild Profusion of Existing Things”?: A Study of Foucault, Power, and Human/Animal RelationshipsEnvironmental Ethics 23 (4): 339-358. 2001.I explore how some aspects of Foucoult’s work on power can be applied to human/animal power relations. First, I argue that because animals behave as “beings that react” and can respond in different ways to human actions, in principle at least, Foucoult’s work can offer insights into human/animal power relations. However, many of these relations fall into the category of “domination,” in which animals are unable to respond. Second, I examine different kinds of human power practices, in particular…Read more
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31Assisted Colonization is No Panacea, but Let's Not Discount it EitherEthics, Policy and Environment 16 (1): 16-18. 2013.Ronald Sandler's ‘Climate change and ecosystem management’ provides a fine summary of reasons to modify our approach to ecosystem management given ‘rapid and uncertain ecological change’. We...
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45Response to “Vulnerability, Dependence, and Special Obligations to Domesticated Animals” by Elijah WeberJournal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 28 (4): 695-703. 2015.This paper responds to Elijah Weber’s “Vulnerability, Dependence, and Special Obligations to Domesticated Animals: A Reply to Palmer”. Weber’s paper develops significant objections to the account of special obligations I developed in my book Animal Ethics in Context, in particular concerning our obligations to companion animals. In this book, I made wide-ranging claims about how we may acquire special obligations to animals, including being a beneficiary of an institution that creates vulnerable…Read more
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5Teaching Environmental Ethics (edited book)Brill. 2006.This collection explores a variety of questions, both of a theoretical and practical nature, raised by teaching environmental ethics. Questions considered move from asking whether teaching environmental ethics should include environmental advocacy, to practical issues about texts, syllabi and teaching techniques.
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116For their own good: captive cats and routine confinementIn Lori Gruen (ed.), Ethics of Captivity, Oxford University Press. pp. 135-155. 2014.
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