This entry deals with the concept of malfunctioning, specifically its relevance to ecological awareness and ethical understanding. Following the work of Timothy Morton, malfunctioning has implications for an ethics that tries to escape anthropocentrism. The entry defines the concept and describes its philosophical foundations through an understanding of environmental ethics and speculative realisms. It also discusses some of the major ethical dilemmas and questions, such how malfunctioning/functioning might aid multispecies survival and why it is vital that educators challenge normativity and unrealistic conceptions of functioning.