Is it hot in here or is it global warming? NYU's
Dale Jamieson will speak at
Carnegie Mellon this week about the moral and political injustices of climate change.
Jamieson is director of environmental studies and philosophy and affiliated professor of law at NYU. His talk addresses the implications of human-caused climate change as a moral wrong and social injustice that requires us to revise our concepts of both. This is based off of the idea of globalization and the fact that every country is connected.
He also argues that climate change threatens another value — respect for nature. In order to see anthropogenic climate change as clearly involving moral wrongs and global injustices, we need to revise some central concepts, he says. These concepts include the change of thought over the influence of every class systems as well as countries becoming interdependent.
The lecture will be held on Thursday, February 4th from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. with a reception to follow at Porter Hall 100. It's free and open to the public.
"Our region is rich in science and technology resources and this program shines the spotlight on the extraordinary researchers, entrepreneurs and educators working in these fields.," says Ann Metzger, Henry Buhl, Jr. co-director of
Carnegie Science Center.
The talk is part of Carnegie Mellon's 2009–10 Humanities Center Lecture Series on "Global Connections, Global Responsibilities," sponsored by the
Humanities Center,
the Center for the Advancement of Applied Ethics and Political Philosophy and the Global Studies Program.
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Writer: Sam Bassett
Source: Ann Metzger, Carnegie Science Center
Image courtesy of Carnegie Mellon University