Explore a Topic: Environmental Ethics
Environmental ethics focuses on the ethical relationships of human beings with the natural world and with other living beings. Van Rensselaer Potter, a biochemist and research oncologist, used the word “bioethics” in 1970 to mean an interdisciplinary study bridging science and humanities aimed at ensuring the survival of human species and the biosphere. Potter was concerned with long-range environmental concerns, population growth, and developing a normative ethic for global health.
Within mainstream bioethics, these critical issues sometimes have been overshadowed by biomedical advances, but recent years have witnessed a more widespread interest and resurgence of respect for their centrality and importance. The Bioethics Research Library continues to collect significant resources addressing these global concerns. The following information will assist patrons searching for a variety of sources, information, and ethical commentary.
Find Library materials about Environmental Ethics
Key Classification Numbers
One may always search by word terms or phrases, however, the use of the
Library’s classification numbers provides another effective means
to identify materials. Enter these numbers individually as Keyword / General
Subject or as Primary Subject on the ETHXWeb
advanced search page. They can also be searched in combination using
“and,” or across the whole category using our truncation symbol
+, e.g., 16.+
- Category 16 (16.1, 16.2 and/or 16.3)
- Category 22 (22.1, 22.2 and/or 22.3)
- Number 1.3.11 (for agricultural ethics)
- Agricultural Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3.11
- Environmental Ethics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1
- Environmental Quality, General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1
Adding classification numbers may help identify documents on certain topics:
- Environment and Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1; 9.1
- Environmental Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16.1; 9.5.4
- Genetically-Modified Animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15.1; 22.2 or 22.3 (1.3.11)
- Genetically-Modified Crops . . . . . . . . . . . 15.1; 1.3.11
Environmental Ethics Journals in the Library
Review articles published by entering journal titles individually as “Journal Title/Book publisher” on the advanced search page.
- Agriculture and Human Values
- Environmental Ethics
- Environmental Values
- Ethics and the Environment
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
