Though there were some efforts made during the obama administration to address the climate crisis, they were not as comprehensive as the crisis requires. Ethical action for a planet in peril 2010 with kathleen dean moore. In january 2017, artist louise ashcroft invited herself to be an artist in residency at westfield shopping centre. Im excited to show you the cover of my new book, which was released. Ethical action for a planet in peril paperback by kathleen dean moore editor, michael p.
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Kathleen dean moore is the author or coeditor of many books about our moral and emotional bonds to the wild, reeling world, including wild comfort, moral ground, great tide rising, and the forthcoming bearing witness. The moral ground movement will result in a newly discovered, or rediscovered, commitment on a personal and community level to consensus about our ethical obligation to the future. Kathleen dean moore is the author or coeditor of many books about our moral and emotional bonds to the wild, reeling world, including wild comfort, moral ground, and great tide rising, and the forthcoming bearing witness. Ethical action for a planet in peril by kathleen dean moore. Moral ground brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturists, activists, and writers to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibilities to our planet. Eighty groundbreaking essays on why its wrong to wreck the world. She served as distinguished professor of environmental philosophy at oregon state university, where she wrote awardwinning books about our cultural and moral relations to the wet, wild world and to one another. Music to save earths songs college of liberal arts. Books by kathleen dean moore list of articles in category books.
Ethical action for a planet in peril 524 by kathleen dean moore editor, michael p. Toward clarity and moral courage in a time of planetary change, follows moral ground, which gathers testimony from the worlds moral leaders about our obligation to the future. Moral ground moral ground brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturists, activists, and writers to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibilities to our planet. In moore s most recent nonfiction book, great tide rising. But her increasing concern about the climate and extinction crises led her to leave the university, so she could write and speak fulltime about the moral. Hank lentfer in conversation with kathleen dean moore. Kathleen dean moore is distinguished professor of philosophy and cofounder and senior fellow of the spring creek project for ideas, nature, and the written word. Environmental philosopher kathleen dean moore writes about moral, spiritual, and cultural relationships to the natural world. A novel great tide rising pardons rachel carson how it is riverwalking holdfast moral ground wild comfort the pine island paradox big news. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read moral ground. This book encourages a newly discovered, or rediscovered, commitment to consensus about our ethical obligation to the future and why its wrong to wreck the world.
Moral ground brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries theologians. Kathleen dean moore audio books, best sellers, author bio. Im excited to show you the cover of my new book, which was released in february, 2021. Kathleen dean moore is an environmental philosopher and writer whose recent work focuses on the moral urgency of climate action. Finding clarity and moral courage in a time of planetary. Kathleen dean moore is the author or coeditor of many books about our moral and emotional bonds to the wild, reeling world, including wild comfort, moral ground, and great tide rising. She will discuss her latest book, which deals with the moral ground movement philosophy regarding the ethical obligations owed future generations to protect and preserve the natural environment. Kathleen dean moore is distinguished professor of philosophy and. Kathleen dean moore served as distinguished professor of environmental philosophy at oregon state university, where she wrote books about our cultural and moral relations to the wet, wild world and to one another. Ethical action for a planet in peril, addresses the question, do we have a moral obligation to the future to leave a world as rich in possibilities as the world we. Oct 27, 2020 kathleen dean moore is a philosopher, climate activist, and author of a dozen books about our cultural and moral relation to the lovely, reeling world. Moral ground by kathleen dean moore editor, michael p. Toward clarity and moral courage in a time of planetary change, follows the pivotal moral ground. The pieces are authored by people from various backgrounds.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Ethical action for a planet in peril ebook written by kathleen dean moore, michael p. Kathleen dean moore, phd, is a moral philosopher, environmental activist, and awardwinning author or editor of a dozen books, including moral ground and great tide rising. A philosopher and activist, moore writes from corvallis, oregon, and chichagof island, alaska. Kathleen moore college of liberal arts oregon state university. Her most recent climate ethics book is great tide rising. After the reading i stayed so long asking questions that she invited me to join her philosophy of nature class.
Kathleen dean moore is one of the leading environmental philosophers and nature writers in the country. Her growing alarm at the devastation of nature led her to leave her longtime position as distinguished professor of environmental philosophy at oregon state university to. She serves on the board of directors for orion society and island institute. Moral ground gathers the testimony of one hundred of the worlds moral leaders, all. Ethical action for a planet in peril has 2 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. These include the awardwinning riverwalking, holdfast, and wild comfort. Jul 24, 2016 kathleen dean moore is a philosopher and environmental activist, the author or coeditor of a dozen books.
Ethical action for a planet in peril is a collection of essays offering a wide range of thoughts and emotions about the various ways people and societies can respond to the climate crisis. Even as seas rise against the shores, another great tide is beginning to rise a tide of outrage against the pillage of the planet, a tide of commitment to justice and human rights, a swelling affirmation of moral responsibility to the future and to. I had already dogeared my copy of her first collection of essays, riverwalking. Her most recent work is a collaboration with the concert pianist, rachelle mccabe, to bring music to her messages about global extinction. Moore s other books include several of personal, philosophical essays most recently wild comfort. Although climate destabilization is a scientific and technical issue, it is primarily a moral issue.
Her early awardwinning books of essays celebrate the world riverwalking, holdfast, and wild comfort. Ethical action for a planet in peril by kathleen dean. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Kathleen dean moore, phd, is a moral philosopher, environmental activist, and awardwinning author or editor of a dozen books, including moral ground and. An environmental philosopher, moore writes about moral, spiritual, and cultural relationships to the natural world. Moral ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionariestheologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writersto present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and. Ethical action for a planet in peril paperback oct. Ethical action for a planet in per il kindle edition by moore, kathleen dean, nelson, michael p. Moral ground brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries theologians and religious leaders. Her forthcoming book, piano tide, is her first novel, telling the story of an alaskan tidewater towns defense of their freshwater. The human rights case against fracking and climate change april 2021. She is the author or editor of many books including wild comfort, the. Ethical action for a planet in peril moore, kathleen dean, nelson, michael p. Mar 16, 2021 kathleen dean moore is the author or coeditor of many books about our moral and emotional bonds to the wild, reeling world, including wild comfort, moral ground, and great tide rising.
Moral ground ethical action for a planet in peril edited by kathleen dean moore and michael p. In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific knowledge. The books editors, kathleen dean moore and michael p. The spring creek project at oregon state university is launching a series of original films, inspired by kathleen dean moores new book, earths wild music, to celebrate and defend all the planets howling, warbling, humming creatures. Ethical action for a planet in peril, gathers testimony from the worlds moral leaders about our obligations to future generations. Ethical action for a planet in peril by kathleen dean moore editor, michael p. Ethical action for a planet in peril kindle edition by. Hank lentfer in conversation with kathleen dean moore, raven. I first met nature writer and philosophy professor kathleen dean moore in 2004. Im so thrilled to share this episode with you, dear listeners, in which i have the privilege of interviewing one of my herowriters, kathleen dean moore, whose 2016 book great tide rising. If your house is on fire mary democker issue 444 the. The strongest arguments in the book are the ones based on justice.
Ethical action for a planet in peril kindle edition by moore, kathleen dean, nelson, michael p. Finding clarity and moral courage to confront climate change moral ground. T oward clarity and moral courage in a time of planetary change was lifechanging for me in this moving conversation, we explore the extinction crisis, what love really means, the importance of facing. Nelson argue in their introduction, neither scientific data nor externally imposed regulation will change hearts and minds let alone our behavior. Her growing alarm at the devastation of nature led her to leave her longtime position as distinguished professor of environmental philosophy at oregon state university to write and speak about the moral urgency of climate. Jan 01, 2010 an anthology bringing together the testimony of over eighty theologians, religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers to present a diverse and compelling call to honor humans moral responsibility to the planet in the face of environmental degradation, species extinction, and global climate changeprovided by publisher. Could you please sort of give our listeners and viewers a sense of who is kathleen dean moore. Moral ground brings together the testimony of over 80 visionaries theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturists, activists, and writers to. Nelsons moral ground by miles raymer we are living through the most overpopulated, wasteful, and polluted moment in human history.
Riverwalking, and the pine island paradox, winner of the oregon book award. Towards clarity and moral courage in a time of planetary change, she puts forth a clarion call for all people to act to save our planet. Kathleen dean moore is distinguished professor of philosophy at oregon state university. He is the author or editor of four books in and around the area of environmental ethics, including the awardwinning book moral ground. In 2000 she founded the spring creek project at oregon state, which brings together the practical wisdom of the environmental sciences, the clarity of philosophy, and the emotive power of the written word to reimagine humankinds relation to the natural world. What could possibly go right episode 27 kathleen dean moore. This book encourages a newly discovered, or rediscovered, commitment to. Moore now travels and speaks widely about the moral urgency of climate action. Moral ground by kathleen dean moore, 9781595349279, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Nelson editor, desmond tutu foreword by kathleen dean moore. Moral ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionariestheologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writersto present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet.
Nelson, join us to continue this timely discussion about the moral dimensions of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading moral ground. Ethical action for a planet in peril 9781595340856 by kathleen dean moore, michael p. Kathleen moore college of liberal arts oregon state. Moral ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionaries. Oct 27, 2011 moral ground by kathleen dean moore, 9781595340856, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Other books celebrate cultural and spiritual connections to wet, wild placespiano tide. Ethical action for a planet in peril orion magazine. In accordance with his title, he is regarded as the primus inter pares first among equals in the eastern orthodox church, and. She is the author or editor of many books including wild comfort, the pine island paradox, rachel carson, holdfast, riverwalking, and countless journal and magazine articles. In 2000 she founded the spring creek project at oregon state, which brings together the practical wisdom of the environmental sciences, the clarity of philosophy, and the emotive power of the written word to reimagine.
This book encourages a newly discovered, or rediscovered, commitment to consensus about our ethical obligation to the future and why its. What are you particularly passionate about and how did you get to this place. Moral ground gathers the testimony of one hundred of the worlds moral leaders theologians and religious leaders, scientists, poets, business leaders. Michaels research and teaching focus is environmental ethics and philosophy. Ethical action for a planet in peril rescheduled to 3. Buy kathleen dean moore ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Reflections on moving water, when she came through town to read from her next book, holdfast. Toward clarity and moral courage in a time of planetary change.
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