The Djap Wurrung Trees, Hermeneutical Injustice, and Australia’s First Nations People
The conflict regarding the Djap Wurrung trees in western Victoria presents an opportunity to redress longstanding injustice.
Procreative Autonomy and Climate Change
Do we have an obligation to abstain from child-bearing given the growing climate crisis?
The Amazon Fires: Responsibility, Obligation, and the Limitations of the State
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?
Pacific Islands Forum: Climate War in the Pacific
The growing climate crisis is highlighting our interconnectedness; one nation's consumption is another nation's problem.
Legal Personhood and Nonhuman Rights
The move to grant non-human animals, and even non-organisms like rivers, legal personhood prompts reflection on our evolving conception of rights.
The Ethics of a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax
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?
Population Growth and Anti-Natalist Philosophy
Arguments regarding the immorality of procreation are on the rise given concerns of overpopulation and humans' contribution to climate change.
Cultural Heritage and the Murujuga Petroglyphs
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.
Discussing Scientific Consensus on Climate Change
Emphasizing consensus can motivate change, but overstating agreement undermines the public's ability to engage in policy debates. How should we proceed?
Plant-Based Meat Substitutes, Sensational Reporting, and Information Literacy
The media's treatment of recent plant-based meat rollouts fails to give the significant moral gains their due.