Objectives
The 2011 Cary Conference will promote communication among ethicists, philosophers, and ecologists by sharing key foundations and the cutting edge concerns of their disciplines. As a shared starting point, we will exploit the work of Aldo Leopold as a widely recognized pioneer of the ethics-ecology connection.
Background
Deeper and broader understanding of environmental ethics, as the study of values, can serve both science and environmental decision making. First, ethical analysis exposes the values involved in generating key features of the unfolding global environmental crisis. Second, philosophy can expose the epistemological assumptions and values behind important ecological approaches used in environmental problem solving.
Schedule
Cary Conference 2011 will occupy three full days. All participants will be required to arrive the day before the start of the conference (Monday, May 9, 2011) and attend the entire conference. Proceedings will begin Tuesday morning (May 10) and run through Thursday evening (May 12). All conference sessions and meals (except the final banquet) will take place at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, NY.
Conference Partners
Thank you to the partner institutions of Cary Conference 2011.
Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, University of North Texas and National Science Foundation
Previous Conferences
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- 2009
- 2005
- 2003
- 2001
- 1999