Environment

Should climate change policies aim at justice or fairness?

The situation in Australia is further complicated by the climate change politics at play. It may not have caused the fires, but climate change isn't only in the minds of "raving inner-city lefties" either.

Is addiction a useful framework for explaining inaction regarding global heating? Or does it simply excuse bad behavior?

What properties or characteristics might explain our different intuitions about the edibility of nonhuman creatures?

Is our duty to combat global heating grounded in responsibility, justice, or humanitarian concern? Why might this distinction matter?

The language we use to describe the state of our world has significant influence in motivating human action.

Recent federal legislation aimed at safeguarding animal welfare and criminalizing torture and cruelty promises much and delivers little.

Urban exploration can change our connection to the world and the way we see ourselves in it. But it can also reinforce a sense of entitlement and separation.

Is the annihilation a justified response? What about genetic modification? Who gets to decide?

Continued political inactivity to confront the growing climate crisis may mean that participation in demonstration is not simply permissible, but may be morally obligatory.

The memeification of climate change protest shows us once again how comedy and tragedy are related. But there may be consequences to fighting the ongoing climate emergency with humor in a transitory medium.

Environmental ethics butts up against religious convictions: should climate change realities alter our beliefs about how to honor the dead?

The conflict regarding the Djap Wurrung trees in western Victoria presents an opportunity to redress longstanding injustice.

Do we have an obligation to abstain from child-bearing given the growing climate crisis?

Violating state sovereignty by intervening on environmental grounds is an under-discussed topic. As the world shrinks and our problems expand, what role will our modern conceptions of the nation-state play in our future?

From wildlife selfies to zoos, our use of animals for entertainment purposes often betrays an inability to take on another's vantage.

The growing climate crisis is highlighting our interconnectedness; one nation's consumption is another nation's problem.

Developing human/non-human embryos for research and organ transplant raises tough questions about the value of human life and the politics of species taxonomy.

Roll-backs and deregulation concerning 'threatened' species raise questions about the weighing of human and animal interests.

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