Ethical Living in the Anthropocene — with David Chang

Author: 
David Chang
Am Johal
Fiorella Pinillos
Melissa Roach
Paige Smith
Kathy Feng
Alex Abahmed
Peer reviewed: 
No, item is not peer reviewed.
Scholarly level: 
Faculty/Staff
Date created: 
2021-03-02
Identifier: 
btrp108
Keywords: 
Below the Radar
David Chang
Community Engagement
Communications
btrp
philosophy
ecology
environment
virtue ethics
ethical living
anthropocene
education
contemplative
book
scholarship
aristotle
land
essays
poetry
death
Abstract: 

David Chang is a teacher educator, and PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University. He researches contemplative approaches to environmental education. David Chang lives in Vancouver.

Description: 

Author and educator David Chang of SFU’s Faculty of Education joins Am Johal for a conversation about what it means to live an ethical life during the Anthropocene — an epoch marked by the monumental environmental impact of human activity. David is co-editor of a recently published collection of scholarly and creative essays, A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene.


He and Am discuss themes in Ecological Virtues, including Aristotle’s notions of virtue ethics, and the grounding of virtue ethics in other thought traditions. They also speak about David’s colleagues’ contributions to the book that deal with death literacy and the process of forging soulful connection with places through poetry.


Resources:

— A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene (University of Regina Press, 2020): https://uofrpress.ca/Books/A/A-Book-of-Ecological-Virtues

—“What Are Your ‘Ecological Virtues’?” - review from The Tyee: https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/09/22/What-Are-Your-Ecological-Virtues/

Language: 
English
Document type: 
Audio
Rights: 
Rights remain with the authors.
External link: 
Below the Radar podcast episode 108
Transcript
Citation: 
Johal, Am. “Ethical Living in the Anthropocene — with David Chang” Below the Radar, SFU’s Vancity Office of Community Engagement. Podcast audio, March 2, 2021. https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/below-the-radar-podcast/episodes/108-david-chang.html
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