Dale Jamieson on Environmental Ethics and Democracy
On this episode of Free Range, Mike Livermore speaks with Dale Jamieson, a Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy at New York University. His most recent book, Discerning Experts, was published in 2019 by the University of Chicago Press.
Episode is an appropriate teaching tool for but not limited to the following topics & courses: philosophy, environmental ethics, government
Discussion Questions
- How does a lack of consensus on environmental ethics stall progress on climate change?
- How has the common belief that small sacrifices for the sake of the environment are futile affected public policy?
Additional Readings
- Cowen, Tyler, Policing Nature, Environmental Ethics 25 (2):169-182 (2003).
- Sheila Jasanoff, A New Climate for Society, Theory, Culture, and Society 27(2) (2010).
- Matthew, Dylan. “Can technocracy be saved? An interview with Cass Sunstein.” Vox (Oct. 22, 2018).
- Amanda Machin, Climate Change and Imaginaries of Democracy, Climate Science Journal (2023).
- Abadi, Cameron, “What if Democracy and Climate Mitigation Are Incompatible?,” Foreign Policy Magazine (Jan. 7, 2022).
- Ross Mittiga, Political Legitimacy, Authoritarianism, and Climate Change, American Political Science Review 116(3) 998 – 1011 (Dec. 6, 2021).
- Dryzek, J. S., & Niemeyer, S. Deliberative democracy and climate governance. Nature of Human Behaviour 3, 411–413. (2019)
- Swyngedouw, E. (2010). Apocalypse forever? Post-political populism and the spectre of climate change. Theory, Culture and Society, 27(2–3), 213–232.
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