向环境宣战

在这个讲座中, Professor Malavisi will ponder the futility of war, arguing that the industry of war through the centuries has contributed to our current climate crisis. 解决危机, 她会说, we must better understand the impact war has and has had on the environment, and challenge a current political ideology that too easily justifies the waging of war as the only solution to conflict.​ Many will say that humanity has always engaged in war, so it’s futile to think we could ever abolish it. But this lecture will challenge that notion to the extent that, 太频繁, countries resort to war without considering other alternatives, such as non-violent ones. The fact that war itself is a major contributor to the climate crisis should be reason enough for nation-states to rethink strategies of protection, 安全, 以及相关事项. This talk will further the analysis by offering a historical and theoretical perspective on war, then move to a contemporary perspective arguing that the dominant political ideology turns to war too easily. It will also examine some immediate and long-term effects of war before concluding with a vision on how best to mitigate the onset of war.

传记

安娜Malavisi is a philosopher, development ethicist, and peace activist. She is associate professor and associate chair of the Department of 历史, Philosophy and World Perspectives at Western Connecticut State University and vice-president of the Center for Values in International Development. 她获得了博士学位.D. from Michigan State University and her master of 健康 and international development degree from Flinders University of South Australia. Her research interests include: practical and global ethics, social and political thought, feminist philosophy/epistemology, peace and non-violence, and environmental philosophy. She is fluent in Spanish and spent 16 years working in international development in Latin America, primarily in Bolivia working for eight years in national NGOs. For the next eight years she managed the Bolivian program for International Service, a British based NGO that supported local organizations with skilled human resources in the areas of agriculture, 水, 林业, 健康, 以及其他领域. Anna has produced a number of publications on development ethics and related issues including a book titled 全球 Development, Ethics, and Epistemic Injustice: Rethinking the Theory and Practice.

建议阅读资料

Malavisi,安娜. “Chapter Six: The Climate Crisis and 全球 Development.” 全球 Development, Ethics, and Epistemic Injustice: Rethinking the Theory   and Practice. 罗曼 & 李特佛尔德2022.

Malavisi,安娜. “The Urgency of the Greening of Ethics.” Australasian Journal of Logic,卷. 15, no. 2, 2018, pp. 593–609.