Here’s an issue going on right now that’s relevant to my sporadic ongoing series on American Indian political issues.
You can listen to this recent broadcast of Native America Calling to get a sense of the issues. (And there are many: tribal borders, jurisdiction, and environmental impacts, to name a few.)
From the Native America Calling website:
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Archive for the ‘Environmental Philosophy’ Category
Colbert Reports on Speciesism
Posted in Environmental Philosophy, Ethics on February 12, 2007 | No Comments »
Those who were interested in our earlier discussion of speciesism, might want to check out Stephen Colbert’s interview of Peter Singer. Of particular interest is Singer’s answer to Colbert’s “stumper question”: if we shouldn’t eat animals, why are they so delicious?
- Rico Vitz
“Losing One’s Self”
Posted in Early Modern Philosophy, Environmental Philosophy, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy on February 2, 2007 | No Comments »
… a colloquium with Cheshire Calhoun at the University of Miami today (Friday, February 2nd) at 3:30 P.M. Details available here.
In philosophy news from the northern part of the state today, UNF welcomes Benjamin Hale (Colorado), who will present his paper, “What’s So Moral about the Moral Hazzard?” at 4:00 P.M. For more details, contact the Department [...]
The Fallacy of ‘Speciesism’
Posted in Environmental Philosophy, Ethics on January 30, 2007 | 13 Comments »
Since this is my first post I should probably begin by introducing myself. My name is Nicholas Comparato (as will hopefully appear with this post) and I am currently an undergraduate philosophy major at the University of North Florida. Recently I attended a colloquium regarding the unequal ethical treatment of animals in current society based primarily [...]
The Moral Significance of Animal Cognition
Posted in Environmental Philosophy, Ethics, News & Notes, Philosophy of Mind on January 26, 2007 | No Comments »
Dr. Robert Jones (Stanford) will present his paper, “The Moral Significance of Animal Cognition,” at the University of North Florida on Friday, Jan. 26th. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact UNF’s Department of Philosophy.
- Rico Vitz
Hi.
Posted in Environmental Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Race and Gender on January 23, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Hello, my name is Jay Heiny and I’m an undergraduate student of Philosophy at the University of North Florida. My studies have mostly focused on traditional ethical theory, but I have a wide scope of personal philosophical interests including religious studies, queer theory or gender studies, and environmental ethics.
Currently, I find myself precariously interested in the ’Green’ movement. A [...]
