Background
Brown, Peter Gilbert was born on January 15, 1940 in New Haven. Son of C. Victor and Margaret Elizabeth (Tullock) Brown.
( In this important book Peter Brown charts a new future ...)
In this important book Peter Brown charts a new future for the species that share the earth. He offers an innovative, yet historically grounded, argument for human rights to bodily integrity; to moral, religious, and political choice; and to subsistence that all persons owe each other irrespective of nationality. He also argues that we have direct moral obligations to non-humans - he calls this "respect for the commonwealth of life". Honoring these obligations requires a thorough re-grounding of human institutions. The book concludes with the argument that traditional prerogatives of nation states need to be transparent to enforceable international standards concerning human rights and the commonwealth of life, and offers a practical agenda for beginning this fundamental reorientation.
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( “Convincing analysis; empowering vision.”—David Suzuki,...)
“Convincing analysis; empowering vision.”—David Suzuki, scientist and host of the CBC’s The Nature of Things “A pioneering work in ethics and economics for the new global era raising all the hard questions that we need to think about in the coming decades, and proposing a radically new way of thinking about how the global community should function.”—Peter Singer, Ira W. DeCamp professor of bioethics, Princeton University “Peter Brown has given us a structure that unites an economics of stewardship with a politics of trusteeship, based on an ethics of rights and corresponding duties. Highly recommended!”—Herman E. Daly, University of Maryland In this important book Peter G. Brown seeks to chart a new future for all who share this planet. Through a series of careful arguments, he identifies three challenges ahead of us: first, to come up with an adequate account of our minimal obligations to each other, and to the rest of the natural order; second, to redefine and reshape the institutions of economics, government, and civil society to reflect these obligations; and third, to reconceptualize and redirect the relations between nations to foster these institutions and discharge these obligations. Brown also argues that we have direct moral obligations to non-humans—this he calls “respect for the commonwealth of life.” Peter G. Brown is a professor at McGill University and director of the McGill School of Environment in Montreal. He is the author of Restoring the Public Trust: A Fresh Vision for Progressive Government in America.
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Brown, Peter Gilbert was born on January 15, 1940 in New Haven. Son of C. Victor and Margaret Elizabeth (Tullock) Brown.
Bachelor, Haverford College, 1961; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1969.
Tutor St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, 1965-1970. Assistant vice president for research Urban Institute, Washington, 1970-1973. Visiting fellow Battelle Seattle Research Center, 1973-1974.
Fellow Academy Contemporary Problems, Washington, 1974-1976. Director Center Philosophy and Public Policy University Maryland, 1976-1981, acting dean/associate dean School Public Affairs, 1980-1984. Assistant executive vice president University Maryland System, 1984-1986.
Professor public affairs University Maryland, 1984-1999, director environmental programs School Public Affairs, 1989-1997. Professor McGill University, since 1998. Visiting professor Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1986, 1988, professor, director McGill School Environment, 1998-2002.
Expert working party Canada Biotechnology Advisory Coun.
( In this important book Peter Brown charts a new future ...)
( “Convincing analysis; empowering vision.”—David Suzuki,...)
Steward Walker Pond, Hancock County, Maine. Board directors Maryland. Environmental Trust, Maryland.
Mountain Trust; chairman advising committee Rural Legacy Board, Maryland. Fellow Institute Society Ethics and Life Sciences. Member Cosmos Club.
Children: David, Ethan, Margaret.