[Ssnet_list] EVENTS: Intergenerational Space Ethics

[Stephen M. Gardiner via Ssnet_list]

Dear SSNET,

This week I am hosting a workshop on intergenerational space ethics supported by the Simpson Center and the Program on Ethics (Thursday May 29th - Friday May 30th).

(1) The bulk of the event is a genuine workshop, in that the main speakers are working up papers for an edited volume. The workshop takes place in the Simpson Center (Communications 202). The workshop is open to UW faculty and graduate students. The draft program is below.

(2) I note that there will be some exciting outside speakers, including philosophers and political theorists working at the cutting edge of engaged philosophy in some of these areas (e.g., Chelsea Haramia on SETI; Krushil Watene on indigenous Maori perspectives; Marion Hourdequin on the Outer Space Treaty). UW faculty and graduate students are also heavily involved in the workshop as we built toward greater engagement with space issues.

(3) There is also a public-facing event that takes place on Thursday, May 29th, 4.00-5.30 in HUB 214. It consists of a moderated roundtable discussion between people from philosophy, policy and industry. I attach the poster below. (See also https://simpsoncenter.org/events/event-detail?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D181655360&eventid=181655360)

Best wishes,

Steve Gardiner

Professor of Philosophy
Ben Rabinowitz Professor of the Human Dimensions of the Environment
Director of the Program on Ethics


WORKSHOP SCHEDULE


Day 1 (Thursday, May 29th): Presentations



8.45: Arrive at Simpson Center (Simpson Center, Communications 202)

9:00-10:15 Session 1: Space ethics in an intergenerational context

  *   Speaker: Stephen Gardiner (UW, Philosophy)
  *   Commentator: Daniel Merino (UW, Jackson School)

10:15-10:30 Coffee break

10:30-11:45 Session 2: A Maori perspective on intergenerational space ethics (hybrid)

•       Speaker: Krushil Watene (University of Auckland, Philosophy)

  *   Commentator: Erica Bigelow (UW, Philosophy)

11:45-12:45 Lunch

12:45-14:00 Session 3:  Space, intergenerational justice and geopolitics (hybrid)

  *   Speaker: Daniel Deudney (Johns Hopkins, Political Science)

  *   Commentator: Jose Mendoza (UW, Philosophy)

14:00-14:15 Break

14:15-15:30 Session 4:  Migration and outer space

  *   Speaker: Michael Blake (UW, Philosophy)

  *   Commentator: Jamie Mayerfeld (UW, Political Science)

15:30-15:45 Break

16:00-17:30 Roundtable: Ethics, policy and humanity’s future in space (HUB 214)

•      Moderator: Mikko Puumala (University of Turku, Philosophy)

•      Panelists: Marion Hourdequin (Colorado College, Philosophy), Chelsea Haramia (University of Bonn, Philosophy), Saadia Pekkannen (UW, Jackson School), Erika Wagner (The Exploration Company), Stephen Gardiner (UW, Philosophy)



Day 2 (Friday, May 30th): Presentations



9.45: Arrive at Simpson Center (Communications 202)

10:00-11:15 Session 5: Space resource management

•      Speaker: Mikko Puumala (University of Turku, Philosophy)

•      Commentator: Saadia Pekkannen (UW, Jackson School)

11:15-11:30 Break

11:30-12:45 Session 6: METI and intergenerational ethics

  *   Speaker: Chelsea Haramia (University of Bonn, Philosophy)
  *   Commentator: Stephen Gardiner (UW, Philosophy)

12:45-13:45 Lunch

13:45-15:00 Session 7: Environmental protection: aesthetics

  *   Speaker: Glenn Parsons (University of Toronto, Philosophy)
  *   Commentator: Brittany High (UW, Philosophy)

15:00-15:30 Break

15:30-16:45 Session 8: Environmental protection: ethics

•      Marion Hourdequin (Colorado College, Philosophy)

•      Commentator: Julia Pelger (UW, Philosophy)

 16.45-17.00 Closing Remarks




PUBLIC EVENT


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