J CAIRNS
Biographic Data
| ID | 5750035 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J CAIRNS |
| GIVEN NAMES | J |
| FAMILY NAME | CAIRNS |
| SIGNATURE | CAIRNS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2706-3517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
How many people will nature permit
Geographical access to imaging facilities for stroke patients in Scotland
Coping with ecological catastrophe
Hardin, Ehrlich, Meadows, Brown, and others have covered many of the topics in this manuscript. One new development is public attention to sustainability. Despite some semantic differences, sustainable use of planet, sustainable development, and sustainability all have the primary goal of leaving a habitable planet for posterity, which includes not damaging the biospheric life support system. Another new factor is increasing recognition of the ra…
Allocating finite resources on a finite planet
Freedom is the recognition of necessity
Small islands
Sustainability and specialization
Society depends heavily on its major universities and independent research organizations for new ideas. Arguably, sustainable use of the planet will require conceptual paradigms unprecedented in human history. Educational systems, especially major universities and research organizations, must produce students in all phases of the education continuum who are capable of transdisciplinary activities. A much larger group of such students will be requ…
Sustainability ethics matter
Choosing model nations to set examples for achieving sustainability
Reparations for environmental degradation and species extinction
While the history of reparations within Homo sapiens is lengthy, only recently has the concept been applied to events that have caused degradation or damage to natural systems. Some effects have been unmistakable, even to the untrained eye, and reparations have been made in a short temporal span. However, what should be done about ecological damage that has occurred incrementally over large temporal or spatial spans? If all parties involved are n…
A preliminary declaration of sustainability ethics
Important similarities are present in the concepts of eco-ethics (Kinne 2003) and sustainability ethics. Both focus intently upon the ethical relationship between humankind and natural systems. Both deplore the folly of humankind's present unsustainable course, which includes exhausting the planet's nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels, water, and minerals. Both deplore the over-harvesting of renewable resources such as oceanic fisheries a…
Sustainability and sacred values
Successful implementation of the quest for sustainable use of the planet requires that human society both reexamine and expand present views of what is sacred and what is not. The most important aspect will be going beyond a homocentric focus to a biocentric emphasis. A unifying theme would be the desire to leave a habitable planet for human descendants and those of other species. It is unlikely that society can be confident of achieving sustaina…
Exuberant optimism vs the precautionary principle
to what should be
Ethics in environmental politics and sustainable use of the planet
I have set before thee life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live
Equity, fairness, and the development of a sustainability ethos
A person reading the professional journals in the fields of economics and ecology might be forgiven for not realizing that both the words economics and ecology originate from the same Greek word. Human societies worship of economic growth has, in the 20 th century, increasingly destabilized the global ecology. Clearly, a third component has been neglected -the ethical responsibility of human society to the planet's ecological life support system …
Ethics in science and environmental politics
Sustainable use of the planet will require input from a large, diverse array of disciplines (Cairns 1997). Academic and other institutions are not yet prepared for this enormous task, and human society has not confronted, in a substantive way, the ethical issues involved. Interdisciplinary teams and multidimensional people are essential for both. As a caveat, disciplines are essential as quality control units for data, information, methodology, p…
Exceptionalism and globalism
Achieving sustainable use of the planet will require ethical judgments in both sciences and environmental politics. The purpose of this editorial is to discuss two paradigms, exceptionalism and globalism, that are important in this regard. Exceptionalism is the insistence that one set of rules or behaviors is acceptable for an individual or country but that a different set should be used for the rest of the world. For example, the disparity in pe…
Economics
Reparations for environmental degradation and species extinction
While the history of reparations within Homo sapiens is lengthy, only recently has the concept been applied to events that have caused degradation or damage to natural systems. Some effects have been unmistakable, even to the untrained eye, and reparations have been made in a short temporal span. However, what should be done about ecological damage that has occurred incrementally over large temporal or spatial spans? If all parties involved are n…
Allocating finite resources on a finite planet
Freedom is the recognition of necessity
A preliminary declaration of sustainability ethics
Important similarities are present in the concepts of eco-ethics (Kinne 2003) and sustainability ethics. Both focus intently upon the ethical relationship between humankind and natural systems. Both deplore the folly of humankind's present unsustainable course, which includes exhausting the planet's nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels, water, and minerals. Both deplore the over-harvesting of renewable resources such as oceanic fisheries a…
Equity, fairness, and the development of a sustainability ethos
A person reading the professional journals in the fields of economics and ecology might be forgiven for not realizing that both the words economics and ecology originate from the same Greek word. Human societies worship of economic growth has, in the 20 th century, increasingly destabilized the global ecology. Clearly, a third component has been neglected -the ethical responsibility of human society to the planet's ecological life support system …
Economics
Exuberant optimism vs the precautionary principle
to what should be
Ethics in environmental politics and sustainable use of the planet
I have set before thee life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live
Equity, fairness, and the development of a sustainability ethos
A person reading the professional journals in the fields of economics and ecology might be forgiven for not realizing that both the words economics and ecology originate from the same Greek word. Human societies worship of economic growth has, in the 20 th century, increasingly destabilized the global ecology. Clearly, a third component has been neglected -the ethical responsibility of human society to the planet's ecological life support system …
Ethics in science and environmental politics
Sustainable use of the planet will require input from a large, diverse array of disciplines (Cairns 1997). Academic and other institutions are not yet prepared for this enormous task, and human society has not confronted, in a substantive way, the ethical issues involved. Interdisciplinary teams and multidimensional people are essential for both. As a caveat, disciplines are essential as quality control units for data, information, methodology, p…
Exceptionalism and globalism
Achieving sustainable use of the planet will require ethical judgments in both sciences and environmental politics. The purpose of this editorial is to discuss two paradigms, exceptionalism and globalism, that are important in this regard. Exceptionalism is the insistence that one set of rules or behaviors is acceptable for an individual or country but that a different set should be used for the rest of the world. For example, the disparity in pe…
Sustainability and sacred values
Successful implementation of the quest for sustainable use of the planet requires that human society both reexamine and expand present views of what is sacred and what is not. The most important aspect will be going beyond a homocentric focus to a biocentric emphasis. A unifying theme would be the desire to leave a habitable planet for human descendants and those of other species. It is unlikely that society can be confident of achieving sustaina…
Reparations for environmental degradation and species extinction
While the history of reparations within Homo sapiens is lengthy, only recently has the concept been applied to events that have caused degradation or damage to natural systems. Some effects have been unmistakable, even to the untrained eye, and reparations have been made in a short temporal span. However, what should be done about ecological damage that has occurred incrementally over large temporal or spatial spans? If all parties involved are n…
A preliminary declaration of sustainability ethics
Important similarities are present in the concepts of eco-ethics (Kinne 2003) and sustainability ethics. Both focus intently upon the ethical relationship between humankind and natural systems. Both deplore the folly of humankind's present unsustainable course, which includes exhausting the planet's nonrenewable resources such as fossil fuels, water, and minerals. Both deplore the over-harvesting of renewable resources such as oceanic fisheries a…
Coping with ecological catastrophe
Hardin, Ehrlich, Meadows, Brown, and others have covered many of the topics in this manuscript. One new development is public attention to sustainability. Despite some semantic differences, sustainable use of planet, sustainable development, and sustainability all have the primary goal of leaving a habitable planet for posterity, which includes not damaging the biospheric life support system. Another new factor is increasing recognition of the ra…
Allocating finite resources on a finite planet
Freedom is the recognition of necessity
Small islands
Sustainability and specialization
Society depends heavily on its major universities and independent research organizations for new ideas. Arguably, sustainable use of the planet will require conceptual paradigms unprecedented in human history. Educational systems, especially major universities and research organizations, must produce students in all phases of the education continuum who are capable of transdisciplinary activities. A much larger group of such students will be requ…
Sustainability ethics matter
Choosing model nations to set examples for achieving sustainability
How many people will nature permit
Geographical access to imaging facilities for stroke patients in Scotland
Political science (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Economics (6 works) · Sustainability (6 works) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Environmental ethics (3 works) · Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies (3 works)