Ethics and the Environment
New Zealands War on Rats Could Change the World Ed Yong Zealandia is an urban sanctuary to most endangered species especially birds Er...
What Happens When Human Beings Take Control of Their Own Evolution? Ezra Klein & Jennifer Doudna (Podcast) CRISPR: Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repea...
In Support of Human Enhancement Sarah Chan & John Harris Argument: Human enhancement is morally acceptable because weve already encouraged the use of these enhancement (supplements, pro...
Famine, Affluence, and Morality Peter Singer Argument: Affluent countries citizens reactions to third world poverty cannot be justified, our perspective on moral issues must cha...
Debunking the Idyllic View of Natural Processes: Population Dynamics and Suffering in the Wild Oscar Horta Concern for animals = human interven...
Wild Animal Sovereignty Sue Donaldson & Will Kymlicka 3 categories of wild life vulnerabilities: 1. Direct, intentional violence hunting, fishing, circus, lab experiments 2. Habita...
What (if anything) Do We Owe to Wild Animals Clare Palmer What kinds of moral responsibilities do we have to wild animals? o i.e. deer vs horses Response 1: wild an...
The Meat Eaters Jeff McMahan Animals (prey) suffer from their predators o Why God permits them to suffer? World should be created without killing of other consc...
The Ethics of Respect for Nature Paul Taylor Life-centered theory of environmental ethics Adopting certain moral attitude toward nature (respect for nature) Belief syst...
Its Not My Fault Walter Sinnott-Armstrong 1. Assumptions a. Global warming has begun and will increase b. Global warming is due to human activities (fossil fuel) c. Glo...
All Animals are Equal Peter Singer Expand moral horizons & extension of basic equality principle o Previous normal actions i.e. women inequality now regarded as unjustifiable ...
Nobis on Veganism Nathan Nobis Common Assumption: There is nothing wrong with harming animals causing them pain, suffering, and an early death so they might be eaten. moral questions about animals are personal when our own...
Ecological Restoration & Culture of Nature Andrew Light 1. Argue against: Restored nature can never reproduce actual value of nature 2. 2 questions confound enviro philos...
The Big Lie: Human Restoration of Nature Eric Katz -restoration relieves guilt from our destruction of nature Concern: humanity morally responsible for reconstructing natural...
A Perfect Storm Stephen M. Gardiner Features of climate change are obstacles to address it o Answer ethical questions, hard to take action 1) GLOBAL STORM a. Dispers...
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