Experts
Dale Jamieson
Professor, New York University
The philosopher says individual ethical stances are ill-equipped to face today’s global challenges. Read More
Philosophy is more about making good decisions than reading Immanuel Kant. Read More
Philosopher Dale Jamieson discusses the role of economics in decision making and human nature. Read More
The philosopher frames environmentalism in terms of climate change and sustainable development. Read More
The professor on Grizzly Man, moral sincerity and the good life. Read More
The philosopher poses fundamental questions about human and animal rights. Read More
A conversation with the NYU Professor of Environmental Studies, Philosophy and Law. Read More
About Dale Jamieson
Dale Jamieson joined the NYU faculty in Spring, 2004, from Carleton
College, where he was Henry R. Luce Professor in Human Dimensions of
Global Change. Previously he was Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Colorado, Boulder, where he was the only faculty member to
have won both the Dean's award for research in the social sciences and
the Chancellor's award for research in the humanities. He has also held
visiting positions at Cornell, Stanford, Princeton, Oxford and Monash.
Professor Jamieson's most recent book is Morality’s Progress: Essays on Humans, Other Animals, and the Rest of Nature (Oxford, 2002). He is also the editor or co-editor of seven books, most recently A Companion to Environmental Philosophy (Blackwell, 2001), and Singer and his Critics (Blackwell, 1999), named by Choice as one of the outstanding academic books of 1999. He has also published more than eighty articles and book chapters. His research has been funded by the Ethics and Values Studies Program of the National Science Foundation, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Office of Global Programs in the National Atmospheric and Aeronautics Administration. He is on the editorial board of such journals as Environmental Ethics; Environmental Values; Science, Techology and Human Values; Science and Engineering Ethics; the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare; and The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics.