Skip to main content
Browse by:
GROUP

Justice in Energy Policy: How Justice Theorists Can Aid Better Decision-making about Energy

Event Image
Thursday, April 28, 2016
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Michael Dworkin

Michael Dworkin, professor of law and director of the Institute for Energy and the Environment at the Vermont Law School, will present "Justice in Energy Policy: How Justice Theorists Can Aid Better Decision-making about Energy" on Thursday, April 28 from 3:30-5 p.m. in West Duke 08C.

Dworkin will discuss the ways in which classical 'justice-theorists' can help resolve the ethical issues of developing and operating energy systems that meet the common statutory standard of being 'just and reasonable.' His comments will link both 1) concrete specific scenarios faced by energy regulators with 2) the differing advice that theorists such as Aristotle, Bentham, Mills and Rawls would give for how to resolve those specific decisions. The talk will draw on his recent book with Benjamin Sovacol, Global Energy Justice.

To attend, please RSVP to Kay Jowers, kay.jowers@duke.edu. Handouts and parking instructions will be provided at that time.

This event is co-sponsored by the Duke University Energy Initiative, the Duke Human Rights Center at the Kenan Institute for Ethics and the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

Contact: Kay Jowers