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23Nature and Nationalism: Right-Wing Ecology and the Politics of Identity in Contemporary Germany, Jonathan Olsen , 208 pp., $45 cloth (review)Ethics and International Affairs 15 (1): 219-222. 2001.
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9Understanding Moral Limits in the Duality of Artifacts and Nature: A Reply to CriticsEthics and the Environment 7 (1): 138-146. 2002.In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:Ethics & the Environment 7.1 (2002) 138-146 [Access article in PDF] Understanding Moral Limits in the Duality of Artifacts and NatureA Reply to Critics Eric Katz Ned Hettinger and Wayne Ouderkirk present some cogent criticisms of my ideas in environmental ethics, especially those ideas closely associated with my attacks on the process of ecological restoration. Both trace the source of my alleged problems to a pernicious dualism of n…Read more
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61Is There a Place for Animals in the Moral Consideration of NatureEnvironmental Ethics. An Anthology. forthcoming.
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31The Liberation of Humanity and NatureEnvironmental Values 11 (4): 397-405. 2002.What does the ' liberation ' of nature mean? In this essay, I use a pragmatic methodology to reject the idea that we need a metaphysical understanding of the nature of nature before we can speak of nature's liberation, and explain the sense of liberation as being the continuation of human non-interference in natural processes. Two real life policy cases are cited as examples: beach restoration on Fire Island and rock climbing in designated wilderness areas
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82Envisioning a De-Anthropocentrised World: Critical Comments on Anthony Weston's 'The Incompleat Eco-Philosopher'Ethics, Policy and Environment 14 (1): 97-101. 2011.Weston and I will be forever linked in the field of environmental philosophy because of an exchange of essays that were published in the journal Environmental Ethics in 1985 and 1987 on the subject...
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28Svein Anders Noer Lie, Philosophy of Nature: Rethinking NaturalnessEnvironmental Values 26 (1): 111-113. 2017.
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30Naturalness: Is the “Natural” Preferable to the “Artificial”?Environmental Ethics 38 (2): 241-244. 2016.
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47The Challenger Tragedy: A Case Study in Organizational Communication and Professional EthicsBusiness and Professional Ethics Journal 12 (2): 91-108. 1993.
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51Utilitarianism and PreservationEnvironmental Ethics 1 (4): 357-364. 1979.In “The Concept of the Irreplaceable,” John N. Martin claims that utilitarian arguments can explain the environmentalist position concerning the preservation of natural objects as long as human attitudes toward preservation are considered along with the direct benefits of environmental preservation. But this type of utilitarian justification is biased in favor of the satisfaction of human preferences. No ethical theory which calculates goodness in terms of the amount of human satisfaction can pr…Read more
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