International Society for Environmental Ethics
Encyclopedia
Since 1990, The International Society of Environmental Ethics (ISEE) has striven to advance research and education in the field of environmental ethics
and philosophy, and to promote appropriate human use, respect, conservation, preservation, and understanding of the natural world. In conjunction with the International Association for Environmental Philosophy
(IAEP) and sponsorship from the Center for Environmental Philosophy, the society hosts an annual joint ISEE-IAEP conference each summer. It also has regular sessions at the three divisional conferences of the American Philosophical Association
and publish the ISEE Newsletter.
ISEE was an official observer NGO at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 1992. Holmes Rolston and J. Baird Callicott
were the delegates. ISEE participated in the United Nations Conference on Ethical Issues in Agenda 21, January 1994, at the United Nations in New York.
ISEE maintains a extensive website and it sponsors the largest bibliography in the world on environmental ethics, the Online Bibliography of Environmental Thought(OBET) (http://obet.webexone.com/), with over 14,000 entries. It publishes a newsletter three times a year, with newsletters from the past twenty years available at the organization's website.
Environmental ethics
Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world...
and philosophy, and to promote appropriate human use, respect, conservation, preservation, and understanding of the natural world. In conjunction with the International Association for Environmental Philosophy
International Association for Environmental Philosophy
The International Association for Environmental Philosophy is a philosophical organization focused on the field of environmental philosophy, including environmental ethics, environmental aesthetics, environmental ontology, environmental theology, philosophy of science, ecofeminism, and the...
(IAEP) and sponsorship from the Center for Environmental Philosophy, the society hosts an annual joint ISEE-IAEP conference each summer. It also has regular sessions at the three divisional conferences of the American Philosophical Association
American Philosophical Association
The American Philosophical Association is the main professional organization for philosophers in the United States. Founded in 1900, its mission is to promote the exchange of ideas among philosophers, to encourage creative and scholarly activity in philosophy, to facilitate the professional work...
and publish the ISEE Newsletter.
ISEE was an official observer NGO at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, June 1992. Holmes Rolston and J. Baird Callicott
J. Baird Callicott
J. Baird Callicott is an American philosopher whose work has been at the forefront of the new field of environmental philosophy and ethics. He is University Distinguished Research Professor and a member of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies and the Institute of Applied Sciences at...
were the delegates. ISEE participated in the United Nations Conference on Ethical Issues in Agenda 21, January 1994, at the United Nations in New York.
ISEE maintains a extensive website and it sponsors the largest bibliography in the world on environmental ethics, the Online Bibliography of Environmental Thought(OBET) (http://obet.webexone.com/), with over 14,000 entries. It publishes a newsletter three times a year, with newsletters from the past twenty years available at the organization's website.