ethics – BioDiverse Perspectives

Philosophical challenges to the role of science in conservation: An ecologist’s response to “What’s so good about biodiversity?”

January 15, 2014 egrason 5 comments

Below is the second installment in a two-part series of posts on the philosophical values of biodiversity. It was motivated by Donald S. Maier’s presentation, “Can biodiversity ground normative truths” in a lecture series at the University of Oregon titled “Biodiversity at Twenty-Five: The Problem of Ecological Proxy Values”. The series is divided in two different viewpoints; in the first […]

Does the Biodiversity Norm Short-Circuit Ethics? Donald Maier’s Contribution to the Biodiversity Debate

January 13, 2014 egrason 10 comments

Below is the first installment in a two-part series of posts on the philosophical values of biodiversity. It was motivated by Donald S. Maier’s presentation, “Can biodiversity ground normative truths” in a lecture series at the University of Oregon titled “Biodiversity at Twenty-Five: The Problem of Ecological Proxy Values”. The series is divided in two different viewpoints; In this post, PhD student Tim Christion […]