Julie Jebeile, Université de Berne, « Feminist Perspectives on Philosophy of Climate Science » (online | en ligne).
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Résumé
For several decades, climate science has provided the necessary insight to both understand the past and present climate, and to project future climate impacts, which in turn serve mitigation and adaptation policies. However, there is a so-called usability gap between the predictions climate models yield, and what people really need to know for climate change adaption. The usability gap raises intertwined epistemic and ethical issues, in particular as climate change increases inequalities. The philosophy of climate science has mainly focused on the adequacy of the climate models employed for the purpose of providing reliable information to decision-makers. Yet an adapted philosophical approach is required to understand how to provide reliable and usable information which fairly address the diversity of our needs as stakeholders. In this talk, I will argue that feminist epistemologies can provide complementary analyses and concepts in order to tackle the usability gap. I will outline a research programme that explores four interrelated avenues: the integration of stakeholders’ values in climate services; the use of several climate modelling perspectives; the inclusion of local and indigenous knowledge; and the connection between epistemic injustice and climate injustice.
Présentation de Jules Salomone-Serh dans le cadre des midis de l’éthique du CRÉ.
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Présentation de Rodrigo Diaz dans le cadre des midis de l’éthique du CRÉ.
Présentation du nouveau livre d’Alexia Renard (Université de Montréal) et Virginie Simoneau-Gilbert (Oxford University), Que veulent les véganes ? La cause animale, de Platon au mouvement antispéciste, Éditions FIDES, 2021.
La présentation sera suivie d’une discussion avec le public.
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Résumé
L’histoire de l’humanité est marquée par notre relation avec les animaux. Nous les aimons quand ils vivent dans nos foyers, nous luttons contre leur disparition s’ils sont menacés d’extinction, mais nous les mangeons pour nous nourrir et nous les chassons pour nous divertir.
Ces contradictions seraient-elles le reflet d’une profonde injustice ? Si les animaux sont des êtres sensibles, peut-on les considérer tour à tour comme dignes d’amour et bons à être tués ? A-t-on le droit de mettre à mort un être vivant simplement parce qu’il appartient à une espèce différente de la nôtre ? Est-il moral de manger de la viande ?
Bien que les débats sur le traitement des animaux se soient intensifiés ces dernières années, avec entre autres la montée en puissance sans précédent du véganisme, la cause animale est ancienne : dès l’Antiquité, les penseurs se demandent s’il est raisonnable de consommer de la chair animale.
À l’heure où la crise écologique rend de tels débats plus pressants que jamais, ce livre propose d’explorer les dimen- sions philosophique, historique et sociologique d’une cause souvent caricaturée et qui, de Platon au mouvement antispéciste, constitue une véritable lutte sociale et politique.
Kent A. Peacock (Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge) nous offrira une présentation intitulée « Getting Negative About Emissions.
Sur Zoom.
Résumé
Most survivable emissions pathways laid out by the IPCC include “negative emissions”, the drawdown of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by a variety of means from tree planting to advanced technologies yet to be created. Many people have decried negative emissions as a distraction from the most urgent thing we should be doing (reducing new emissions and replacing fossil fuels as energy sources) or a moral hazard (benefitting ourselves in the short term by deferring costs to others in the future). And yet, there is a strong scientific case for developing technological means of carbon drawdown as soon as possible, in concert with emissions reduction. I will offer an opinionated review of the debate around carbon drawdown, which has advanced rapidly with the development of promising new drawdown and mineralization technologies, but where many uncertainties, both ethical and scientific, remain.
Brendan Cline, California State University-Channel Islands, « Designing Species » (online | en ligne)
Abstract to come | Résumé à venir
The way we live, and the norms, beliefs, and attitudes that shape our behavior are constantly changing. Much of that change is driven by people who refuse to accept the status quo and rise to ask critical questions about what is right and wrong in how governments, communities, and individuals treat others, including members of sexual, racial, religious, and other minorities, dissidents, people with disabilities, women, children, nonhuman animals, and the natural environment.
The Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ) in Montréal, Canada, will unite students from across the globe to come together to explore the ethical considerations around social and political activism, and strategies to achieve local and global change. The conference aims to allow students to exchange ideas across borders and make sustainable connections with each other as well as with the CRÉ.
Any student, postdoc, or faculty member affiliated with any college or university anywhere in the world is welcome to attend. Please register at https://forms.gle/
Programme
Jackson Juma Coy (University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania) – The Impact of Adaptive Preference on Tanzanian Women’s Emancipation
Oluchukwu Faith Igweilo (University of Calabar, Nigeria) – The Role of Culture and Religion in Shaping Attitudes Towards Sexual Minorities
Md. Masud Rana (University of Barishal, Bangladesh) – Rights vs. Morality: Bangladesh’s LGBTQ Community
Nanda Harish (Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi, India) – Questioning the Culture of Fat Phobia: A Commentary on the Systemic Marginalization of Plus-Sized People
Nkosikhona Baloyi (University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe) – What Fuels Mental Health Stigma?
Katharina Braun (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) – Animal Rights Activism, Undercover Footage and the Public Interest
Roberta Mbewe (University of Malawi, Malawi) – Burden Sharing in the Context of Global Environmental Pollution
Dimpho Moletsane (Rhodes University, South Africa) – From Apartheid State to Rainbow Nation: The Great South African Nation-building Project
Bianca van Zyl (University of Cape Town, South Africa) – The Ambiguous Ethics of Looting
Garth Elzerman (University of South Africa, South Africa) – Free Speech’s Value Amidst Intense Calls for Social Change
The abstracts can be found here.
Organizing Committee: Rainer Ebert, Valéry Giroux, and Kristin Voigt.
Photo: Rainer Ebert.
