IPP 503: Environmental Ethics

AWAYMAVE - The Distance Mode of MA in Values and the Environment at Lancaster University

Resources

The previous version of this course

An earlier version of this course was put together by Clare Palmer (now at St Louis). Her web notes were particularly good and so we have preserved them here as a resource.

General

An alternative history of environmental ethics can be read here http://www.cep.unt.edu/novice.html

On Animals

A useful set of links for writings by and about Peter Singer

An article on philosophical approaches to animals by Dave Eaton (a former MAVE student)

Another summary of Regan

Review of Regan's latest book Defending Animal Rights

Land Ethic

A useful site on the land ethic, with tributes to Leopold:
http://www.wilderness.org/Library/Documents/LandEthic_Quotes.cfm

Discussion about applying the land ethic today:
http://www.aldo.org/

Aldo Leopold and the Land Ethic: A Conversation with Susan Flader (who has published an important book about Leopold - from the Environmental Review
http://www.igc.org/envreview/flader.html

Gaia

Dr Noel Charlton, one of our PhD Alumni has created a resource page on Gaia here

A basic introduction is here

A page that compares interpretations is here

Deep Ecology

Interview with Michael Zimmermann
http://www.erraticimpact.com/~ecologic/html/deep_ecology.htm#online

Article by Stephen Harding in Resurgence on Deep Ecology
http://www.gn.apc.org/resurgence/185/harding185.htm

Sierra Navada Institute

Ecofeminism

The main ecofeminist site is at: http://www.ecofem.org/

For a bibliography, see http://www.ecofem.org/biblio/

IEPPP's own reading group website is here

Wilderness

Much of Thoreau's writing (including all of Walden) and pictures etc are available on the web at:
http://www.NIULIB.niu.edu/thoreau/

and another useful site is http://www.walden.org/

John Muir's work is all available on the web in a comprehensive website run by the Sierra Club.
http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/