The Profession and the Killer App, or What Environmental Ethicists Might Learn from Bioethics: A Commentary

In terms of output in the form of published work and attraction of resources, bioethics seems to be a more vibrant field than environmental ethics. In this commentary it is argued that bioethics is, in some respect, less humanistic than environmental ethics and that two factors-bioethics' strong connection to a profession, and its access to an intellectual 'killer app'-offer ways in which environmental ethicists might learn from the 'success story' of bioethics.