Extending The Ethic

The Protestant Ethic versus the "New Ethic"

Reviving the swan, extending the curse of Methuselah, or adhering to the Kevorkian ethic?

The Land Ethic

Uncovering the Planetary Ethic

There is increasing recognition of the need for a Planetary Ethic (for example, the urgent call by Paul Kurtz). Western civil society is based, it may be argued, more on consensus of behaviours than values. Appeals for behavioural outcomes (road safety, anti-violence campaigns) seldom explicate fundamental principles. Given this, even the partial success achieved in creating ‘decent’ society is...

The Ethic of High Expectations