Justice and climate change expert Clark Wolf will discuss climate policy and legal interpretation in two Nadine B. Andreas Philosophy Department lectures Thursday and Friday, Oct. 29 and 30.
Wolf will talk about “Intergenerational Justice, Human Needs, and Climate Policy” Oct. 29 at 7 p.m. in Room 121, Trafton Science Center C. He will discuss “Authenticity and History in Legal Interpretation and Music Performance: A Discussion of the Mann Act of 1910, the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, and Bach’s d-minor Chaconne for Solo Violin” Oct. 30 at 11 a.m. in Morris Hall 102.
Both lectures are free and open to the public.
Wolf, a leading scholar and authority on justice and climate change, is director of Iowa State University’s Bioethics program, is a philosophy faculty member, and teaches in Iowa State’s Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture. His research includes a wide range of issues, including political and ethical theory, jurisprudence, bioethics, aesthetics and the philosophy of economics and rationality.
The lecture series is co-sponsored by IMPACT, the colleges of Arts & Humanities, Science, Engineering & Technology and Social & Behavioral Science, and the departments of Biology and Philosophy.
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