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CHAPTER 5
ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Compared to other genres in the philosophical field, environmental philosophy is
relatively new. By most accounts, its impetus for creation was given by the influential
writings of Rachel Carson, Garrett Hardin, and Aldo Leopold (whose seminal work A
Sand County Almanac was republished in 1970 by the Sierra Club) and the celebration of
the first Earth Day in 1970. Up until that time, most writings surrounding environmental
issues were generally historical, religious or scientific in nature.104 As philosophers began
to look into questions involving environmental issues, they proposed and developed an
array of ethical systems with which to understand and combat the environmental crisis.
What came out of these analyses were naturally questions of value; most importantly,
how does one determine value and where precisely does value come from? As the
Environmental Pragmatist Andrew Light states it, "Since the inception of environmental
ethics in the early 1970s, the principal question that has occupied the time of most
philosophers working in the field is how the value of nature could best be described such
104 For a brief outline of the origins of environmental ethics see the Center for Environmental Philosophy's
website: http://www.cep.unt.edu/novice.html53
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Dunn, Benjamin P. Tracing the Path of Sustainable Development through Major International Conferences: A Brief History and Overview of Sustainable Development 1964-2002, thesis, May 2010; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28413/m1/57/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .