Seminar: The Ethics of Geoengineering in a Perfect Moral Storm

Wednesday 30th May 2012

Location: The Oxford Smith School of Enterprise and Environment

Summary:

Oxford Smith School Visiting Fellow, Professor Stephen Gardiner, will be giving a talk at the Smith School on the ethics of geoengineering.

Speaker Biography:

Stephen M. Gardiner is Professor of Philosophy and Ben Rabinowitz Professor of Human Dimensions of the Environment at the University of Washington, Seattle.  His main areas of interest are ethical theory, political philosophy and environmental ethics.  His recent work has focused on the ethical issues surrounding global environmental problems, such as climate change, and particularly on our responsibilities to future generations.  He has also published on theoretical virtue ethics, especially in connection with Aristotle, and on Socrates’ political philosophy. 

This seminar is open to the public.  Please arrive ten minutes ahead of the start time. Attendees who are over ten minutes late will not be admitted, so not to disturb the event. If you are attending as part of a group of 5 or more, please email events [at] smithschool.ox.ac.uk.