Bodies and Windows
Thursday November 24, 2011
How should we think of the relationship between our bodies and the environment?
On the one hand, there is a continuity between the body and its surroundings. This is reflected in ... Read More
Natural?
Thursday November 24, 2011
What is so valuable with what's natural?
This is one of the most poignant questions in environmental ethics, and yet one of the hardest to answer. Consider a very mundane example. ... Read More
Evolution and Ethical Relativism: Spinoza's Slow Revenge?
Thursday November 24, 2011
Contemporary evolutionary thinking suggests that human morality is the product of evolution. Examples of contributions in this area abound. Authors such as Valerius Geist, for instance, have shown that ethical ... Read More
The Value of Individuals
Monday November 21, 2011
What does it take to make an individual? And, what difference can it make to a society's organization if we answer the previous question one way or another?
It would probably ... Read More