Dr. Kathleen Dean Moore is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and University Writer Laureate at Oregon State University, where she teaches environmental ethics, Native American philosophy, and a field course on the philosophy of nature. She also directs the Spring Creek Project. She is the author of many books ranging from critical thinking textbooks, to collections of essays on environmental ethics and nature. Additionally, she publishes about environmental ethics and moral reasoning in academic journals such as Conservation Biology and the Journal of Forestry and in books about the management of forest and ocean resources. Dr. Moore is a very accomplished and decorated author and professor.
Dr. Moore has a forthcoming book, Moral Ground: Why Do We Have to Save the Future?, a collection of moving and powerful essays by 100 of the world's moral leaders, all arguing that we have an obligation to the future to leave behind a liveable world.
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"Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of the prevalent one among the crowds, and in opposition to it -- a tone of mind which will gradually win influence over the collective one, and in the end determine its character. Only an ethical movement can rescue us from barbarism, and the ethical comes into existence only in individuals." -- Albert Schweitzer
That Schweitzer quote is a good one, but it makes me wonder: Which civilization actually resembled the one he wished to revive?
Posted by: Tim in Albion | Monday, 14 December 2009 at 11:57 PM
This woman has a magnificent mind and compassionate heart. It is an elegant and demanding argument. Thank you for posting it.
Posted by: Emily Green | Friday, 04 December 2009 at 01:39 PM