CALL FOR PAPERS – Ethics, Policy & Environment

Call for Papers: Ethics, Policy & Environment
Paris 2015 and beyond: The building blocks of a 2020 climate regime and the conditions for a just and durable global climate effort
Guest editors: Idil Boran and Kenneth Shockley
Deadline: January 25, 2016 Continue reading

JOB – Postdoc, Justice & Climate Change, UNSW (Australia)

A postdoctoral position is available within the area of justice and climate change as part of the research program of the Practical Justice Initiative within the philosophy stream of the School of Humanities and Languages at The University of New South Wales. The area of specialisation is flexible, however the program of research will be expected to enhance the research focus of the Practical Justice Initiative. Deadline: 14 September 2015. Continue reading

Reflections on chapter one of the Pope’s encyclical letter, Laudato Si’

Phil cafaroBy Philip Cafaro
Email: philip.cafaro@colostate.edu
Website: http://www.philipcafaro.com/

Phil writes on environmental ethics, 
consumption and population policy, and 
biodiversity preservation. He is the author
of Thoreau’s Living Ethics, and recently 
co-edited Life on the Brink: Environmentalists
Confront Population Growth.

Published June 26, 2015

There is a lot to chew on in the Pope’s encyclical released today, LAUDATO SI’, ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME. Having just finished the first chapter (of six), I’d like to call your attention to several particularly intriguing paragraphs below. Continue reading

POSTDOC – Ethical-Epistemic Analyses for Sust. Climate Risk Mgmt, Penn State

Postdoctoral Researcher in Coupled Ethical-Epistemic Analyses for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (Fixed term)
Pennsylvannia State University
AOS: Philosophy of Science, Environmental Philosophy, Ethics
Deadline: March 23, 2015
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