Moral Ground: A Town Meeting on Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril
Kathleen Dean Moore & Michael Nelson
Wednesday, 29 Sep 2010 at 7:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Michael Nelson and Kathleen Dean Moore will lead a discussion on the importance of taking personal moral responsibility for the planet as a way to move beyond scientific debates, political legislation and mandates to solve the environmental crisis. The town meetings are in conjunction with the release of their new book Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril. Kathleen Dean Moore is author or editor of ten books, including Riverwalking: Reflections on Moving Water; Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World; The Pine Island Paradox; and her forthcoming book of essays, Wild Comfort: A Book of Healing. She is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and University Writer Laureate at Oregon State University. Michael Nelson has coauthored or edited three other books in the area of environmental philosophy: The Great New Wilderness Debate, The Wilderness Debate Rages On and American Indian Environmental Ethics. He holds a joint appointment as an associate professor of philosophy and environmental ethics, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, at Michigan State University. Part of the Live Green! Sustainability Series.Kathleen Dean Moore is the author of several critical-thinking textbooks and a study of the ethics of forgiveness; has coedited the anthologies Rachel Carson: Legacy and Challenge and In the Blast Zone: Catastrophe and Renewal on Mount St. Helens; and is the author of several collections of nature essays. Moore is also the founding director of the Spring Creek Project for Ideas, Nature, and the Written Word at Oregon State.
Cosponsored By:
- Bioethics Program
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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