Hutton Honors College

Environmental Philosphy, Environmental Action
Discussion Lunch with J. Baird Callicott, Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Texas

• Fri., Oct. 28, 2005
• 12:30-2 p.m.
• Harlos House, 1331 E. Tenth St.
• SIGN-UP REQUIRED!

J. Baird Callicott, a professor of philosophy at the University of North Texas, is a pioneer in the teaching of environmental ethics, having created the first course on the subject in 1971 at the University of Wisconsin. He has written extensively on a wide range of topics, from Native American views on the environment to sport hunting to ecosystem health, including books on Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback and In Defense of the Land Ethic: Essays in Environmental Philosophy. He has edited or co-edited Environmental Philosophy: From Animal Rights to Radical Ecology; Nature in Asian Traditions of Thought: Essays in Comparative Environmental Philosophy; The Great New Wilderness Debate; and other books. The discussion at the lunch may range as widely as your interests do. The lunch is co-sponsored by the Wells Scholars Program.

Professor Callicott's visit to campus is sponsored by The Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions. He will deliver a public talk on "Naturalizing the Boundary Between Humanity and Nature" on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 4 p.m. in Ballantine 109.

Fall 2005 Programs
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