Kathleen Dean Moore

Author | Moral Philosopher | Environmental Advocate

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Award-winning author or co-editor of a dozen books about our cultural and moral relation to the wild, reeling world. Distinguished Philosophy Professor Emerita at Oregon State University. Public advocate for climate justice and ecological thriving.

WHAT'S NEW

On a new Spring Creek podcast, Kathleen tells a story about how W.S. Merwin’s prose poem, “Unchopping a Tree,” helped her and her students think through the question that possesses us all: How can one heart hold both a deep love for the natural world and the knowledge that it is being destroyed? https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hdWDdYefKdTcvToooDHHo

Announcing the release of Animal Dignity, with Kathleen’s essay “The Heart of the Scorpion,” about the moral power of the will to live.