Philosophy of Environmental ethics

Biology, Physics, Chemistry. 23/09/10

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This conversation is with Michael Nelson. He is a Prof. of Environmental Ethics & Philosophy, at Oregon state university. He is philosopher in residence of the Isle Royale Wolf-Moose Project and co-founder of Conservation Ethics Group. Here we talk about need of moral philosophy, understanding ethics of biodiversity conservation, human-nature relationship, present and future of CRISPER.


About the guest

  • 00:00:34 Michael's interest in philosophy

  • 00:04:21 Correlation between right-wrong and moral-immoral

  • 00:07:10 Religion and cultures as moral ground

  • 00:09:30 Beliefs as inhibitions for ethics

  • 00:20:16 Humans and wildlife relationship

  • 00:23:22 Problem at the heart to accept anthropogenic climate change

  • 00:29:34 Being a skeptic for the good of humanity

  • 00:32:24 Importance of scientific for moral philosophy

  • 00:38:34 Michael's understanding on animal rights

  • 00:40:44 Importance of animal rights for biodiversity conservation

  • 00:45:59 Impact of applying CRISPER to modify biodiversity

  • 00:47:40 CRISPER to solve the world problems

  • 00:56:30 Different projects Michael is working on for conservation

  • 01:01:36 Applying ethics in educational institutions

  • 01:03:44 A message for early career scientists

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