| Ecological Anarchism: Natural Values and Animal Rights in Practice |
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The Faculty of Environmental Ethics
| Ecological Anarchism: Natural Values and Animal Rights in Practice |
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A Public Lecture by Leena Vilkka
Thursday, February 19, 1998
at 7:30 p.m.
in University Union 413 (map)
| Leena Vilkka will discuss the environmental philosophical backgrounds of the Animal and Earth Liberation Fronts and evaluate the moral justification of illegal environmental actions. |
Leena Vilkka is a researcher at the Academy of Finland and a lecturer in environmental philosophy at the University of Helsinki, where she is involved in The Project of Environmental Philosophy.
She is the author of The
Intrinsic Value of Nature, Oikeutta luonnolle:
Ympäristöfilosofia, eläin ja yhteiskunta [Justice to Nature: Environmental Philosophy, Animals, and
Society],Ympäristöetiikka
[Environmental Ethics], and Eläinten Tietoisuus ja Oikeudet [Animal Consciousness and Rights].
She is also an environmental activist who chairs two Finnish organizations,
the Wolf Group and the Green
Union for the Protection of Life.
| Students, Faculty, and the General Public are Welcome. |
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| For special accomodation, call 565-2266 or send an email to philosophy@unt.edu. |