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The Department of Philosophy presents:
More Than Climate Anxiety: Youth and the Moral Injury of Climate Change
Guest Speaker: Jodi Newman (Department of Philosophy Graduate Student)
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023
D-631 (University Hall)
Noon - 1:45 p.m.
An important direction in climate ethics demands attention and philosophical engagement.There is an emerging literature on climate anxiety, the apparent anxieties that youth and young adults are experiencing regarding the uncertain future consequences of climate change. However, anxieties about the future climate miss the mark of responding to the (in)actions of today. I offer an introductory argument that the distress children experience from climate (in)action today is best conceptualized as a moral injury. If I am right, ideas like moral sustainability may require development within the field of climate science and ethics.
Contact:
Bev Garnett | bev.garnett@uleth.ca | (403) 380-1894 | ulethbridge.ca/artsci/philosophy