Peace of Nature and the Nature of Peace

Andrew Fiala, Ph.D. is Professor of Philosophy at Fresno State University and President of Concerned Philosophers for Peace. Publications include Practical Pacifism (2004), The Just War Myth (2008), Public War, Private Conscience (2010), and Against Religion, Wars, and States (2013).

• 00 Preface, Andrew Fiala1. Introduction: Violence and Nonviolence in the Environmental Movement, Andrew Fiala, Fresno State University2. Return to Earth, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, SUNY Cortland3. Reflections on Violence, Michael Fox, Queens University/University of New England4. On War and the Environment, Lloyd Steffen, Lehigh University5. Negative Impacts of Militarism, Bill Gay, University of North Carolina, Charlotte6. Nature and Human Dwelling, Wendy Hamblet, North Carolina A&T7. Moral Extensionism and Nonviolence, Sanjay Lal, Clayton State University8. Anthropocentrism, Conservatism and Green Political Thought, Michael Hemmingsen, McMaster University9. Guerrilla Gardening for Peace: Existentialist Ethics in Food Deserts, Damon Boria, Purdue University10. Slow Violence and Agriculture, Jonathan McConnell, Purdue University11. Kant’s Duty Ethics as a complement for resolving socio-political conflict in Africa, Solomon Laleye, Adekunle Ajasin University (Nigeria)12. Sequoyah and Seattle: Chief World Systems, Dave Boersema, Pacific University 13. The Beloved Community, Andrew Fitz-Gibbon, SUNY Cortland