Jon Cannon on Place
On this episode of Free Range, Mike Livermore speaks with his colleague Jonathan Cannon, who retired from UVA Law in May 2021 after over two decades of teaching at the law school. Prior to joining UVA Law, Cannon served as general counsel to the EPA, and his 1998 memo, which has come to be known as “the Cannon memo,” was influential in opening a path for EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. He is currently writing a book about the significance of “place.”
Episode is an appropriate teaching tool for but not limited to the following topics & courses: environmental law, environmental ethics, concept of “place,” philosophy
Discussion Questions
- How can learning the history of a place change one’s relationship with it?
- What role do ethics and aesthetics play in shaping normative approaches to the environment?
- What problems exist with the American ideal of natural beauty?
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