The goal of the conference is intellectual honesty, broad and open-minded conversation, serious assessment of the condition of the environment, and reflection on our responsibilities for protecting human life within a healthy environment.
Open dialogue is invited.
This lecture series on science and religion is founded on the fortunate availability at the Conference on Environmental Ethics and Public Policy of two of the foremost writers and speakers in the field, John Haught and Holmes Rolston. Their presentations, together with book signings of works related to the topic, are the inaugural lectures in what is envisioned as a continuing series. This is an initiative aimed at making UMC a notable center for pursuit of dialogue on those matters. When Science and Myth Collide James W. Thomasson, Ph.D. Assoc. Enforcing Environmental Ethics Holmes Rolston, III, et al.