Is an economic approach founded on utilitarianism ethically defensible? Aa Aa Aa Environmental Ethics is that sub-field of philosophy which seeks to articulate reasons why non-human "nature ...

This course is designed to present students with the foundational and central issues of environmental ethics. The course examines a variety of approaches including, but not necessarily limited to ...

We'll now outline five different possible ethical perspectives on these problems, drawn from within environmental and animal ethics. Contractarianism is an influential group of ethical approaches ...