Donald Worster- Wilderness: The Higher Altruism in American Environmental Values
Date and Time
Wednesday Mar 4, 2015
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM CST
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
3 p.m. Reception
4-5:30 p.m. Presentation to public and university audience
Location
University Center
Kinnickinnic River Theater
501 Wild Rose Ave, River Falls, WI
Fees/Admission
Free and open to the public
Website
Description
Walker D. and Helen Bryant Wyman Visiting Professorship in History Presents:
Donald Worster, Hall Distinguished Professor of U.S. Environmental History, University of Kansas
Wilderness: The Higher Altruism in American Environmental Values
Using the Wilderness Act of 1964, Worster reflects on the nature of conservation in the U.S. and the globe. The consensus in American culture suggested in the act seems shattered by recent increasing ideological and moral differences. Explaining why the consensus has ended, he argues that the desire to save the wilderness remains. Growing out of a much older trend of pure utilitarianism toward nature is an evolving spirit of altruism in American environmental values.
