Robert Traer

Dominican University of California · Philosophy and Ethics

For neurologist Lisa Feldman Barrett, author of "Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain," our brains are what make us who we are. As an alternative to Barrett’s brain story of allostasis and affect, I suggest a human earth story of a conscious cosmos, which in extraordinary experiences may alter our lives—especially when our brains are unable to...

Doing Environmental Ethics faces our ecological crisis by drawing on environmental science, economic theory, international law, and religious teachings, as well as philosophical arguments. It engages students in constructing ethical presumptions based on arguments for duty, character, relationships, and rights, and then tests these moral presumptio...