2009 Humanities Week Keynote Address

Series: Humanities Week 2009
Theme: Culture of Green: Nature and the Environment
Title: 2009 Humanities Week Keynote Address
Speaker: Andrew Light, Ph.D.
Location: Amasa Stone Chapel
Date: 10-22-2009
Sponsored by: Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture

Description: Andrew Light, the author of Environmental Values and an internationally recognized expert on environmental policy and ethics, will give the keynote address for Humanities Week 2009, sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University.

The week continues the humanities center's yearlong theme of "Culture of Green: Nature and the Environment" through numerous activities, films and special events, October 22-28.
Light serves as the director of the Center for Global Ethics at George Mason University where he is also an associate professor of philosophy and environmental policy. He carries on his environmental work as a Senior Fellow at the think tank American Progress, which explores national policy issues, such as global warming, that impact the quality of American citizens' lives.
He has contributed his expertise on environmental issues as an advisor to such federal organizations as the National Science Foundation, U. S. Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Park Service.
Working in the area of how environmental policy relates to ethics, Light has written or edited some 17 books such as Environmental Ethics, Controlling Technology, Technology and the Good Life and Philosophy and Design.

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