William Lynn, Ethics and Interspecies Internet

24 April 2021 16:00 GMT/ 11:00 EDT

Kicking off our Interspecies Conversations 2021 Lecture Series is William Lynn. Seeking 'King’s Solomon’s ring’ in the interpretation of other animals is a pathbreaking scientific and technical challenge. Alongside those challenges are profound ethical issues and implications that must inform this work from the outset. 

Bill is a thought leader in animal and sustainability ethics, exploring why and how we ought to care for people, animals and nature. This is practical research, transferring insights from his interdisciplinary training in ethics, geography and political theory into public dialogues over social and environmental problems. He is a research scientist in the George Perkins Marsh Institute at Clark University and a research fellow at Knology. He is also the founder of PAN Works, an independent non-partisan think-tank cultivating compassion, respect, justice and wellbeing for animals.