Is it ever morally justifiable to let people die in order to protect natural values? At first glance, the answer seems clear: human life...

Whether hunting is moral has long been a point of contention in environmental ethics. While some view it as an act of barbarism, others...

Thomas Hill presents a situation where his neighbor cuts down an avocado tree and covers the ground in his backyard with asphalt. The...

Speciesism is a “prejudice involving a preference for one’s own kind based on a shared characteristic that in itself has no moral...

Was Timothy Treadwell Morally Just?  The moral implications and admirability behind Timothy Treadwell’s work in the Grizzly Man  remain...

Evaluating Christopher Stone’s Arguments for the Legal Rights of Nature  Christopher Stone’s S hould Trees Have Standing? — Toward Legal...

Mill’s On Nature  explores the morality of the environment and questions whether nature should be approached as a guiding set of...

The proper human-nature relationship starts by humbling the ignorant human race and breaking the sense of innate superiority we feel over...

Happiness is defined as an emotional state characterized by joy, satisfaction, and self-fulfillment, and from a utilitarian perspective,...

The Limits of Liberty: Westboro Baptist Church Mill would not support the acts of the Westboro Baptist Church Protestors but would...

Selfishness Vs. Selflessness Humans meander through the path of life in search of a greater purpose. A purpose greater than themselves,...