Helm’s Deep
Because the College is closed today, due to the ice, we also missed the concluding talk by Dr. Paul Helm on Global Warming: What’s the Stake? If you are interested, Dr. Helm has an analysis of this issue posted on his blog, cleverly titled “Helm’s Deep.” You can read it here. Yesterday in chapel he led us through Pascal’s wager and explored the thesis that global markets and global capitalism are not to blame for global warming, and that they may actually help us deal with the effects of global warming both now and in the future. Here is his analysis on that issue, in response partially to his reading of Michael Northcott’s A Moral Climate: The Ethics of Global Warming, which he described as a helpful unhelpful book.
Recommended reading: Dr. Helm writes an analysis monthly (the links above are Analyses 9 and 10) on his blog as well as a draft of a paper on philosophical theology. His talk from last night “Evil, Love, and Silence” will appear on his blog next month.
Published on 22 Jan 2008 by Christiana Fitzpatrick at 10:41 am.
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