ENVIRONETHICS
INSTITUTE
Mission Statement
The EnvironEthics Institute researches how humankind is interconnected
to a living Earth. Often interdisciplinary, the Institute explores how
an applied human ecology transforms the landscapes of ethics, politics,
economics and law, thereby refocussing personal priorities and reshaping
public policy. Cultivated within the tradition of constitutional democracy
and human rights, the Institute affirms that the responsibilities of stewardship
and justice best balance the recently enumerated human right to a livable
environment with other competing rights like health, liberty, property
and the pursuit of happiness. From these principles emerge knowledge and
values which assist individual fulfillment, elevate human understanding,
and advance world peace. As the Institute also asserts in its campaign
for a sustainable society, the common good of every community has an ecological
aspect which ranges from treating animals humanely to preserving wilderness
areas to perpetuating the environmental goods and services of the global
commons. Lastly, the Institute seeks to join the public debate as to how
an enlightened anthropocentrism secures a reasonably friendly biosphere
for present and future generations while enriching the human spirit.
RESEARCH PROGRAM
ETHICS and POLITICS
· ENVIRONETHICS:
A Declaration of Interdependence
· Is a Healthy Earth
an Inalienable Right?
· Can Environmental
Rights Bridge the North-South Divide?
· Bio-Wealth: Extending
Value to Genes, Species and Ecosystems
· From Rock to Tapestry
to Conservation: A Worldview Toward Symbiotic Stewardship
· Matriotism: Aspiring
to Duty, Love, and Loyalty of Mother Earth
ECONOMICS
· Finance Rescues
Rainforest: How Debt-for-Nature Swaps Conserve Biodiversity
· Free Ride to the Ozone
Layer: Shirking an Ecologic Duty
· A Shortage of Sinks:
How Pollution Economics Affect Atmosphere and Ocean
· A Refreshing Future:
How Pollution Permits Clean the Air
· Whale in the Rainforest:
The Dilemma of Japanese Whaling and American Ranching
· The Amazon as Earth's
Lungs: The North Pays for Services Rendered
POLITICAL ECONOMY
· PERPETUAL PEACE:
The Environmental Enlightenment Dawns to a Sustainable World
· Perpetualism: The
Environmental Enlightenment Dawns to Solve The Ecological Problem
· The Perpetual Trust:
To Breach or Not To Breach our Duty to Manage the Global Commons
· Economics and Ecology
Converge through Sustainable Development
LAW
· An Efficient
Nuisance?: The Economics and the Politics of Tort Law
· Enviro-Tort: Breaching
an Ecological Duty
· Plato v. Posner: How
Political Discourse and Economic Efficiency Determine Justice
· Locke v. Lovelock:
When Private Property Encounters Mother Earth