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Cathryn Bailey is Director of Gender & Women's Studies at Western Michigan University. She continues to focus on feminist philosophy as she did in her previous position as Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Minnesota State University. Her most recent publications, exploring the raced, gendered, and heteronormative nature of animal ethics discourse, and the work of Anna Julia Cooper, have appeared in Hypatia, Ethics and the Environment, and Philosophia Africana. E-mail: cathryn.bailey@wmich.edu

Carol Booth holds a PhD in environmental philosophy on motivations for nature conservation. Her philosophical interests emerge from work as a conservation activist. Her own transition from a caring passivity to activism occurred after three years in China convinced her of the relative capacity to make a difference in democratic Australia. Carol currently works for the Invasive Species Council, an NGO, on the synergistic threats of climate change and invasvie species while pursuing complementary philosophical research. E-mail: carol.booth@gmail.com

Scott A. Davison is Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Program at Morehead State University. He earned the BA and MA degrees in philosophy from the Ohio State University, and the MA and Ph.D. degrees in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. E-mail: s.davison@morehead-st.edu

Brian G. Henning is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA. Henning is author of the award winning book The Ethics of Creativity: Beauty, Morality and Nature in a Processive Cosmos. His current scholarship and teaching focus on the interconnections among ethics, metaphysics, and aesthetics, especially as they relate to the ethics of global climate change. E-mail: henning@gonzaga.edu [End Page 149]

Wendy Lynne Lee is professor of philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where she has taught for sixteen years. Her areas of expertise include philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, feminist theory, environmental philosophy, and animal welfare theory. She is currently completing a manuscript entitled Five Critical Issues for 21st Century Feminists: Economic Disparity, Reproductive Technology, Sexual Identity and Politics, Religious Fanaticism, and The Status of Nonhuman Others and the Environment for Broadview Press. E-mail: wlee@bloomu.edu

Aaron Simmons is presently a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania. His work focuses primarily on the moral standing of animals, ecosystems, and other entities relevant to environmental and medical ethics. This paper stems from his doctoral dissertation on animals and the moral right to life. He thanks the members of his dissertation committee, including R.G. Frey, Tom Regan, Dave Sobel, and Juan Bouzat. E-mail: asimmons@bloomu.edu

Allen Thompson is an assistant professor of philosophy at Clemson University, where he focuses on ethical, metaphysical, and aesthetic issues regarding built and natural environments. Other areas of his philosophic interest include philosophical ethics, political philosophy, and practical reason. In addition to his work for the Department of Philosophy and Religion, Thompson collaborates with the Clemson University Restoration Institute and teaches for the interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Planning, Design, and the Built Environment. E-mail: athomp6@clemson.edu [End Page 150]

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