The Humanities Center Lectures, 2009-2010: Global Connections, Global Responsibilities

Co-sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy (CAAEPP).

The Moral and Political Challenges of Climate Change

Dale Jamieson, Thursday, February 4, 2010

4:30pm, Porter Hall 100 (Gregg Hall)

In order to see anthropogenic climate change as clearly involving moral wrongs and global injustices, we will have to revise some central concepts in these domains. Moreover, climate change threatens another value ("respect for nature") that cannot easily be taken up by concerns of global justice or moral responsibility.

Dale Jamieson is Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy, and Affiliated Professor of Law, New York University

The Humanities Center, www.hss.cmu.edu/humanitiescenter, is supported in part by a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant.