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Dr. Imtiaz Moosa Philosophy and Ethics Speaker Series

This fund was established in 2021 with a generous gift from the Moosa family as well as many individual campus and community members. The goal of the series is to feature leading experts and thought leaders on a variety of pressing philosophical, social justice, and contemporary ethical issues.

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Remembering Dr. Moosa

Thursday, April 4, 2024

 

"Stuck on You: Ethics in the Age of Parasitism"


Lisa Heldke, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Nobel Conference at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. Publications include: Philosophers at Table: On Food and Being Human; Exotic Appetites: Ruminations of a Food Adventurer; and The Encyclopedia of Food and Agriculture Ethics. She is the co-creator of The John Dewy Kitchen Institute, a train-the-trainers program that invites educators of all sorts to use cooking and eating as tools for classroom inquiry. 

Lisa Heldke 2024

"Following current movements in biology, I advocate understanding human individuals as: (1) communities of organisms that are (2) chomping and being chomped upon by other living beings; and that (3) have agency--e.g., some ability to make choices about their next meal. If we individuals are actually communities of agents, how then should we understand what we are doing when we make ethical choices about what we will eat? The recognition that I am a bundle of organisms that possess (at least some degree of) agency also invites us to rethink what it means to take moral responsibility for dinner." -- Lisa Heldke

3:30 p.m. Reception

4 p.m. Presentation and Q/A

Kinnickinnic River Theater, 320 University Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls

Free and open to all!

 

Sponsored by the Imtiaz Moosa Philosophy and Ethics Speaker Series Fund.


Our sincere thanks for your support of this important philosophy and ethics series!

Heldke Poster 2024 Screenshot

 

Parking and directions

Parking is available in Pay 2 Lot (south of University Center) and Pay 1 Lot (west of North Hall). A permit may be purchased at the parking lot pay station.

By late afternoon, free parking may be available along the streets, including on the side streets north of Cascade Avenue.

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The series was established in tribute to UW-River Falls philosophy professor Imtiaz Moosa, Ph.D., who taught at the university from 1989 until his unexpected passing in December 2020. The series fund will provide financial resources for an annual contemporary philosophy and ethics speaker series.

“Professor Moosa is dearly missed by our entire Falcon family,” said Dean Yohnk, dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences. “Imtiaz demonstrated a vibrant spirit, a love of teaching, a steadfast dedication to our students and a true zest for life. We believe this new series will be a meaningful and lasting tribute to a memorable educator and remarkable person.”

“Our campus community and the entire country needs rational, informed debate on important topics now more than ever,” explains Neil Kraus, chair of the History and Philosophy Department. “Our hope is that we can use the Dr. Imtiaz Moosa Philosophy and Ethics Speaker Series to address many of the most important issues we face, including the precarious state of democracy itself.”