J. Baird Callicott '63 - "Judeo-Christianity, Zen Buddhism, and Environmental Ethics"

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American philosopher J. Baird Callicott describes the development of secular environmental ethics and comparative religious environmentalism, two approaches to environmental ethics that continue to define how we think about a sustainable world.

5:30 Talk begins
11:50 Agenda-Setting Seminal text of Environmental Ethics
16:00 The Judeo-Christian Worldview
26:00 Problems with the J-C Worldview
33:15 The One-Many Problem
39:00 Land Ethics
43:00 Conclusion
46:00 Q&A Begins