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Call for Papers Theme: Ethics in a Global Environment Type: 6th Annual Conference Institution: Centre for the Study of Global Ethics, University of Birmingham Location: Birmingham (United Kingdom) Date: 28.–29.5.2020 Deadline: 1.2.2020 __________________________________________________ The Centre for the Study of Global Ethics is pleased to announce its Sixth Annual Conference. The theme for 2020 is Ethics in a Global Environment. Human activity is increasingly compromising the global environment in which we and other species live. Whether it be greenhouse gas emissions, plastic pollution, overconsumption, landfills, or deforestation, human ways of life are undeniably responsible for making our planet less and less hospitable. As a result, biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates, and environmental degradation makes a flourishing life impossible for many sentient individuals across the globe. These problems give rise to fundamental questions about what we owe to one another globally, how we should relate to other animals and nature, and what kinds of society we want to live in. What do we owe to our fellow humans and other sentient creatures? What kinds of environmental goods are individuals entitled to? Are there duties of environmental justice? Are there moral duties to protect species and ecosystems? Who is responsible for the harms caused by environmental degradation? How do systems of oppression intersect to exacerbate environmental injustice? What ethical and political philosophical frameworks are appropriate in an ever-changing global environment? We believe that adequately addressing these questions will require a multidisciplinary approach to the challenges they raise, and we therefore welcome contributions from a variety of disciplines, including, but by no means limited to, philosophy, geography, law, politics, animal studies, sociology, and history. We welcome abstract submissions addressing the central theme of the conference, as well as a wide range of topics within global ethics, from faculty, graduate students, activists, and others. First, we welcome abstract submissions addressing the central theme of Ethics in a Global Environment, including, but not limited to, the following sub-themes: - Environmental ethics - Animal ethics - The ethics of technology (e.g. in preserving species, promoting biodiversity, and climate change mitigation and adaptation) - Agricultural ethics - Indigenous perspectives on environmental sustainability - Climate justice - Urbanization and just urban environments - Ethics regarding the transition towards environmental sustainability - Environmental governance - Justice in interspecies societies - Postcolonialism and the environment - Intersectionality and the environment In addition, we encourage scholars in global and practical ethics; legal, social and political philosophy; and cognate disciplines to submit an abstract on a wide range of topics within global ethics. Areas of research may include: - Gender justice - Global distributive and social justice - Justice and race - Just war theory - Humanitarian ethics - Global bioethics Submission guidelines To propose a paper (suitable for presentation in 15 minutes), please send the following two documents (doc or pdf) to: globalethicseve...@contacts.bham.ac.uk - Blind abstract: document containing title, abstract (500 words max.), 3-5 keywords - anonymised for blind review (so not containing any author information) - Non-blind abstract: document containing title, abstract (500 words max.), 3-5 keywords as well as author information (name, position, affiliation, contact details, and short biography) Submission deadline: 1 February 2020 We aim to let you know the outcome of the blind review by 1 March 2020. Conference website: https://globalethics2020.weebly.com __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
