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Note: Ethics Breakfasts are now on the 2nd Wednesday of each month.
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Ethics for Breakfast presents
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 Wednesday, Feb. 11th, 2008
7:15 - 8:30 am
Obama, Ethics
and the Environment
with Bob Worcester, Psychologist and Instructor (Ret.), Langara College, and President, Multi-Faith Action Society
Can we move beyond self interest -to- what's good for all human beings, and the planet as a whole?
In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama made reference to the biblical passage in Corinthians: "When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but now it is time to put away childish things." His politics also represents an emergence of the civil society model ("it takes a village to raise a child") and beyond the individualist-nationalist-free enterprise approach of George Bush.
So what might ethical and environmental "maturity" look like? And how will this shift to civil society values change the way we deal with the environmental and ethical dilemmas that face us?
Join us as Bob Worcester explores some of these dilemmas – from choosing among nuclear power, biofuels, wind/solar energy, carbon taxes and climate change, to genetically modified foods/organisms, technological solutions vs. behavioural solutions, rapid financial recovery or slower sustainable growth – and how we make our political, business and personal choices.
Our discussion will take a deeper look at the basis for environmental ethics, the concept of ethical maturity, the difference between ethical principles and what is practical, and the broader perspectives inherent in civil society.
click here to RSVP or phone: 604-685-6560
DATE: Wednesday, February 11th -- 7:15-8:30 am
LOCATION: BC Hydro Building
333 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver
Check-in at Security Desk - Main floor lobby
COST: Members - $7.00 Non-Members - $10.00
(muffins, tea and coffee included)
About Our Speaker:
Bob Worcester has an MA in Psychology and was an instructor in Psychology at Langara Community College for the past 35 years. A long-time member of Christ Church Cathedral (Anglican), he is the Chair of the Anglican Environmental Taskforce of the Diocese of New Westminster – and President of the Multi-faith Action Society, which sponsored the 2008 "Faith and the Environment" conference.
Bob has a particular interest in creation spirituality, Brian Swimme and the "universe story," as well as being a member of the International Community for Ecopsychology. His academic interests include health psychology, evolutionary psychology, education and communications. Bob enjoys hiking, bird watching and cross-country skiing in beautiful BC – but he "came to consciousness" in the mountains of Montana where he still visits regularly.
click here to RSVP or phone: 604-685-6560
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