Book Launch | Animal Conservation Ethics and the Population Problem

Schedule

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025 at 04:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

416 Library Drive, Duluth, MN, United States, Minnesota 55812 | Duluth, MN

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Join us for a book launch event with author and biologist, Leif DeVaney.
What: Book launch/talk with the author
Who: All are welcome
Cost: Free
Location: Kathryn A. Martin Library - Room 260 (Second Floor Rotunda)
In this book, Leif DeVaney brings the traditional philosophical branches of metaphysics and ethics to bear on conservation biology. While many previous attempts at asking and answering ethical questions related to conservation and other environmentally relevant activities exist, few such attempts have engaged adequately with the “rock bottom” approach of metaphysics. Through this metaphysically realistic lens, the ontological status of the population (as well as other ecological “wholes”) is challenged. DeVaney argues that individual nonhuman animals are found to have interests that parallel human interests. These include the biotic goals of survival and reproduction, as well as freedom from undue pain and suffering. From an ethical standpoint, the conclusion differs drastically from the dominant consequentialist contention that the good of some can be sacrificed for the supposed greater good of the many. DeVaney initiates the establishment of the subdiscipline of conservation metaphysics, which naturally leads to a theoretically grounded ethic.
About the Author
Leif Brostrom DeVaney holds a PhD in Conservation Biology, Philosophy minor, from the University of Minnesota. He has practiced wildlife rehabilitation and enjoys trail running, learning Michif, and spending time with his daughter, Eireen and cat, Squiggy. He is a member of the Minnesota DNR Deer Advisory Committee.
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416 Library Drive, Duluth, MN, United States, Minnesota 55812

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