Oregon State University

2011 Winter Term IDEAS MATTER Lecture Series

RESPONSIBILITIES TO FUTURE GENERATIONS will include:

  • Thursday, January 13 - Danny George Youkhanna, SUNY-Stonybrook, “Looting of the Iraq Museum, Loss of a Nation's Memory “
  • Thursday, January 20 - Ronald M. Green, Dartmouth College, “Trashing the Future: Can We Justify Moral Obligations to the Future?”
  • Thursday, January 27 - Prakash Chenjeri, Southern Oregon University, “Preserving the Blessing of Liberty for Posterity: Why It Matters”
  • Thursday, February 3 - Aaron Wolf, Oregon State University, “Healing the Enlightenment Rift: New Directions for Transforming Environmental Conflicts”
  • Thursday, February 10 - Rev. Mitchell Hescox, Environmental Evangelical Network, “The Creation Care Seminar: Why People of Faith Should Care About Climate Change”
  • Thursday, February 17 - Mary Wood, University of Oregon, “Nature’s Trust: Environmental Law for the New Ecological Age”
  • Thursday, February 24 - Erik Parens, The Hastings Center, “Technologically Shaping Selves: Ethics and the Pursuit of Enhancement”
  • Wednesday, March 2 (LaSells Stewart Center) - Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Officer of the Order of Canada, “Everything is Connected: Environment, Economy, Foreign Policy, Sustainability, Human Rights and Leadership in the 21st Century”
  • Thursday, March 10 - Sara Goering, University of Washington, “Responsibilities to Future Mothers: Reflections on the Kind of Mothering Options I’d Like for My Daughter"

 

All lectures are free and open to the public.
7 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Unless otherwise noted, all
lectures will be held at
Owen Hall 102

 

Contact Info

OSU Philosophy
208 Hovland Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331
(541) 737-2955
(541) 737-2571 (fax)
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