Department of Philosophy
These digital collections include theses, dissertations, and faculty publications from the Department of Philosophy. Also included is a collection of works by Rolston Holmes III, a philosopher who is a University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, known for his contributions to environmental ethics and the relationship between science and religion.
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Interview with Holmes Rolston III, An
Holmes Rolston is interviewed by Sam Libenson and Justin Wong. Environmental ethics is about appropriate caring and respect for wonderland Earth and its inhabitants, each flourishing according to its own nature. Earth is ... -
Scientific and ethical considerations in rare species protection: the case of beavers in Connecticut
The protection of rare species abounds with scientific and ethical considerations. An ethical dilemma can emerge when the life of one species is valued higher than that of another, and so we discuss the basis of ranking, ... -
Foreword in "Connection to nature, deep ecology, and conservation social science: human-nature bonding and protecting the natural world"
"Connectedness with nature presents itself as a radical but necessary prerequisite for realizing desired conservation and environmental behavior outcomes." "But," I find myself wanting to reply. Humans are disconnected ... -
Creation: order and chance in physics and biology
The relations between physics and theology are surprisingly cordial at present; the relations between biology and theology are more difficult. A key to understanding the interrelations of all three: physics, biology, and ... -
Biological conservation of microbes
A talk by Holmes Rolston, III in the CSU Department of Microbiology on September 11, 1989. Environmental ethics is typically concerned with big stuff, bears, wolves, plants, wildfires, or insects. The Endangered Species ... -
Genes, genesis and God: Holmes Rolston III: Richard J. Burke lecture in philosophy, religion and society
Holmes Rolston delivers the inaugurating Richard J. Burke Lecture in Philosophy, Religion and Society at Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan on March 13, 2006. Professor Rolston discusses the debate about order and ... -
Phenomenologically separating nature from us: the role of nature in relation to human capabilities and environmental value
The role of nature in human well-being is often left unrecognized. In Thinking like a Mall, Steven Vogel provides a materialist argument that as humans we are always already engaged in a world that we have helped transform ... -
Ética ambiental: valores y deberes en el mundo natural
Environmental ethics stretches classical ethics to a breaking point. One needs more than a humanist ethic applied to the environment, analogously to applied ethics in other areas. Environmental ethics stands on a frontier, ... -
Biodiversity
Whether humans have duties to endangered species is a significant theoretical and an urgent practical question. Initially, the focus was on endangered species, which are still central, but in recent years attention has ... -
Good Samaritan and his genes, The - audio/video lecture
This is a lecture given by Holmes Rolston at a conference on Biology and Morality at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan on November 9, 2002. -
Williams on external reasons
Bernard Williams has argued for the controversial thesis that there are no external reasons for action. External reasons are desire-independent reasons for action, i.e. reasons whose existence does not depend on the desires ... -
Semantic and global irrealism
This thesis is concerned with skepticism about linguistic meaning and the consequences that follow from this view. After clarifying various positions that support skepticism about meaning - broadly classified under the ... -
Colorado naturalist wins religion prize - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A pioneer in environmental ethics who says humanity has treated nature "disgracefully'' was named Wednesday as this year's recipient of a religion prize that is billed as the world's richest annual award. The Rev. Holmes ... -
Colorado naturalist wins religion prize - Guardian UK
A pioneer in environmental ethics who says humanity has treated nature "disgracefully'' was named Wednesday as this year's recipient of a religion prize that is billed as the world's richest annual award. -
Genes, genesis and God Radio interview with Charles Heyman (Radio National - Australia)
Global warming is a bigger threat to the world than Saddam Hussein. Or so says a very distinguished voice - that of Professor Holmes Rolston the third - winner of the latest Templeton Prize - worth nearly two million ... -
We humans are the worst and the best and …
We humans have extended culture amplifying our powers. Our genotypes are differentially expressed in phenotypes, increasing our preferring us over them, escalating our worst and best. Our groups are more ruthless than ... -
Rolston introduction, interview, and paper: from the Shandong University, China, Conference on Ecological Aesthetics and Ethics in the Post Epidemic Era
Includes: Introduction to Holmes Rolston (in Chinese), Interview with Rolston (in Chinese and English), and Paper by Rolston (in Chinese and English), from the Shandong University Conference on Ecological Aesthetics and ... -
Trail log - 2021
Summary: Death of our son, Giles Campbell Rolston, in January, and in August scattered his cremated remains on a trail in Rocky Mountain National Park on which he and I had once done a 30 mile, ten day backpack. Covid 19 ... -
Animal welfare and environmental ethics
Bernard Rollin's main concerns are domestic and research animals. Tens of thousands of such animals have endured less suffering as a result of Rollin's seminal work. Animals are of moral concern because they have conscious ... -
From Shenandoah to the mountain west
Holmes Rolston recalls his life story founding environmental ethics. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, with mountains on his skyline and fields, creeks, and rivers as his playground. His elders loved gospel ...
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