Kant's Philosophy Today | The Ethics of the Climate Crisis
Date
24 Oct 2024, 19:00 to 24 Oct 2024, 21:00
24 Oct 2024, 19:00 to 24 Oct 2024, 21:00
Institute
Institute of Philosophy
Institute of Philosophy
Venue
Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Description
Kant's Philosophy Today
The philosopher Immanuel Kant was born 300 years ago. His ideas remain important reference points for philosophers and theorists in various fields. Why has this interest persisted? Can Kant really help us to think through some of today’s most pressing issues?
This series of moderated discussions will introduce Kant’s philosophy to a general audience and will debate whether and how it remains relevant. In three sessions, panels of experts will discuss Kant’s theory of knowledge, ethics, and aesthetics, connecting the ideas to contemporary problems.
The Ethics of the Climate Crisis
Kant developed a hugely influential moral philosophy, centred on what he called the ‘categorical imperative’. But critics have argued that Kantian ethics neglect the specificities of everyday ethical problems. Two experts will explore this topic with reference to one of the most pressing of today’s issues: the new ethical problems produced by the climate crisis.
Martin Sticker is Senior Lecturer in Ethics at the University of Bristol. He works on Kantian ethics as well as Consequentialism. His wider interests include applied ethics, including global poverty and global justice, political philosophy, climate ethics, Hegel, Aristotle and enlightenment philosophy. He is the author of Rationalizing (Vernünfteln)
(Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Ewa Wyrębska is Researcher at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. Her work addresses various aspects of Kant’s practical philosophy, as well as contemporary topics in political and social philosophy. She is the author of Filozofia prawa Immanueal Kanta. Wprowadzenie (Immanuel Kant’s Legal Philosophy. An Introduction) (University of Lodz Press, 2018). Along with Martin Sticker and other colleagues, she is part of the UK-German research project “Using people well, treating people badly”.
Stephen Howard is a senior postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at KU Leuven, Belgium, and, from October 2024, a fellow at FRIAS, Universität Freiburg, Germany. He specialises in early modern and modern European philosophy, taking a historical approach to issues in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science. He has recently developed an interest in the philosophy of climate change. His publications includeKant’s Late Philosophy of Nature: The Opus postumum(Cambridge University Press, 2023).
(Cambridge University Press, 2022).
Ewa Wyrębska is Researcher at the Ruhr-University of Bochum. Her work addresses various aspects of Kant’s practical philosophy, as well as contemporary topics in political and social philosophy. She is the author of Filozofia prawa Immanueal Kanta. Wprowadzenie (Immanuel Kant’s Legal Philosophy. An Introduction) (University of Lodz Press, 2018). Along with Martin Sticker and other colleagues, she is part of the UK-German research project “Using people well, treating people badly”.
Stephen Howard is a senior postdoctoral fellow in philosophy at KU Leuven, Belgium, and, from October 2024, a fellow at FRIAS, Universität Freiburg, Germany. He specialises in early modern and modern European philosophy, taking a historical approach to issues in metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of science. He has recently developed an interest in the philosophy of climate change. His publications includeKant’s Late Philosophy of Nature: The Opus postumum(Cambridge University Press, 2023).
Curated and chaired by Stephen Howard (FRIAS, University of Freiburg)
A collaborative event series organised by the Goethe-Institut London and the Institute of Philosophy at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.