What does it mean to flourish as a human species? Is it even possible to have prosperity in an era of ecological, economic and political crises? And, how should we go about pursuing the good life for ourselves and our loved ones while avoiding causing harm to our land and the other people and species that also call it home? These are some of the questions that Dr. Durante will address as he looks toward the natural world itself to offer a vision of flourishing that takes our personal, social and planetary wellbeing into consideration.
Chris Durante, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theology at Saint Peter’s University in NJ as well as a Fellow of the UNESCO Chair in Bioethics & Human Rights, where he serves on the Organizing Committee of the Bioethics, Multiculturalism & Religion workshops. His primary research and teaching interests are in Religion, Ethics & Society broadly construed to include: Bioethics, Comparative Religious Ethics, Ecological Ethics, Religion & Politics, and Moral Theology. His publications have appeared in a number of academic journals such as: the American Journal of Bioethics; the Journal of Medical Ethics; Medicine, Healthcare and Philosophy; the Journal of Global Ethics; the Journal of Religious Ethics; and the Journal of Church & State.
