Christopher J. Preston

Christopher J. Preston is an academic in environmental philosophy at the University of Montana, Missoula. His work bridges ethics, epistemology, and emerging technologies, focusing on humanity's relationship with the natural world.

• Research Areas: Environmental ethics, ecofeminism, geoengineering ethics, climate philosophy, place-based epistemology

His publications explore themes like de-extinction ethics, biocultural conservation, and the moral implications of planetary-scale interventions. Recent articles emphasize how human-designed environments reshape ethical frameworks and the cultural dimensions of endangered species.

Notable book The Synthetic Age (2018) examines humanity's technological transformation of nature through nanotechnology and climate engineering. He also authored Saving Creation (2009) on environmental ethics pioneer Holmes Rolston, III.