Imagine a Norwegian philosopher perched high on a mountain ledge, squinting into the wind, not in conflict with it’s icy bite but in conversation with it. This is Arne Næss, father of deep ecology, ...

What is the place of humans in a world full of other living things? What, if any, moral obligations do we owe other animals or the natural world in general? Do animals have rights? These are a few of ...

Arne Naess, 96, a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term "deep ecology" to indicate that humans are no more important than other species, ecosystems or natural processes, died Jan. 12 in Oslo. No ...

While most modern environmental movements of the late 20th century were concerned with the conservation of the natural world for human use, the deep ecology movement, led by philosopher Arne Naess, ...