Environment

Research involving animal embryos that have human cells requires us to revisit our standards regarding moral status.

Progress has been made, but we still have a long way to go to fulfill our moral obligations with regard to animal rights.

The move to grant non-human animals, and even non-organisms like rivers, legal personhood prompts reflection on our evolving conception of rights.

Debate over revenue neutral or non revenue neutral carbon taxes asks whether its is a tool for changing individual financial incentives or funding climate adaptation? What are the ethical implications? What are the political implications?

Arguments regarding the immorality of procreation are on the rise given concerns of overpopulation and humans' contribution to climate change.

Embedded in the case for protection are arguments concerning the value of our past, in-group/out-group determinations about our shared heritage, and historical injustice and marginalization.

Emphasizing consensus can motivate change, but overstating agreement undermines the public's ability to engage in policy debates. How should we proceed?

The media's treatment of recent plant-based meat rollouts fails to give the significant moral gains their due.

Many express outrage at news stories involving the poor care of pets, but the implications of our indignation often go unnoticed.

Recent experiments have put pressure on the divisions we draw between human and animals. What does it take to be a right-bearing entity?

Climate change is caused by the individual actions of a number of different actors, but will require the collective action to mitigate. Unfortunately, motivating people to make changes to avoid a future problem is difficult when there are pressing troubles already staring us in the face.

Geoengineering is often touted as the cure for fallout due to climate change. What does it promise and what are the risks?

Should we be pairing our moral arguments with a change in financial incentive to effectively alter human behavior? Is this the way to combat problems like climate change and factory farming?

When we buy fruit at the grocery store, we often fail to realize the intensive and undervalued human labor that goes into growing and harvesting that fruit.

Our enshrinement of wilderness areas and national parks overshadows a troubling past.

What challenges are facing Appalachian coal towns, and how can they be helped?

We often define the moral community on the basis of whether a being is self-aware or not. But what happens when our scientific conceptions of consciousness change?

The celebratory nature of Mardi Gras often means overlooking one huge source of waste: Mardi Gras beads themselves.

In climate change rhetoric, we often focus on future generations. What's the moral underpinning of this argument?

Should the next generation of voters be able to affect political change - before they're of age? With an issue like climate change, the answer is complicated.