A land ethic

The Land Ethic

The Protestant Ethic versus the "New Ethic"

Re - examining the Darwinian Basis for Aldo Leopold ’ s Land Ethic

Many philosophers have become familiar with Leopold’s land ethic through the writings of J. Baird Callicott, who claims that Leopold bases his land ethic on a “protosociobiological” argument that Darwin gives in the Descent of Man. On this view, which has become the canonical interpretation, Leopold’s land ethic is based on extending our moral sentiments to ecosystems. I argue that the evidence...

The need for a global health ethic.

e37 www.thelancet.com Vol 386 November 14, 2015 In the 1940s, the renowned Wisconsin, USA, conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote “The Land Ethic” as the culmination of his now celebrated work, A Sand County Almanac. In his essay, Leop old articulated the need for, and the ethical basis of, a new relationship between people and the land. He imagined the awakening of an ecological conscience that re...

A Proposed Ethic for Military Medicine