Ethics and Continental Philosophy
Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Social and Political Thought, Aesthetics.
Dr. Kathryn Lawson is an Instructor in philosophy at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Canada.
"In response to the traumas of climate catastrophe, Lawson’s Ecological Ethics shows us that suffering and beauty can be integrated at the heart of environmental consciousness. Like Keller’s Face of the Deep and Leopold’s Sand County Almanac, this is a rare treasure that unites profound intellectual insight and ethical urgency."
Daniel O’Dea Bradley, Professor of Philosophy, Gonzaga University, USA
CBC Ideas.
In the aftermath of the First World War, French philosopher Simone Weil had a solution to address the fascism that surged across Europe: abolish political parties. She argued political parties were not democratic, they were dangerous. With the help of Kathryn Lawson, Michael Ignatieff and Scott Ritner, IDEAS producer Nicola Luksic explores the radical thinking of Simone Weil to help us better understand the current political climate.
Voted Faculty of the Month by The Watch, King’s University College Students
Articles for the Institute of Art and Ideas
“Simone Weil, the attention economy, and the annihilation of autonomy”
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“Be Not Inhospitable to Strangers: The Odyssey in 20th c Philosophy”
