The Ethics of Personal Energy Consumption Choices
Event Summary
The Penn Program on Regulation, in collaboration with the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, Perry World House, and the Wharton Climate Center, invites you join us for a talk by Travis Rieder, Associate Research Professor and Director of Education Initiatives at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics. Drawing on his new book, Catastrophe Ethics: How to Choose Well in a World of Tough Choices, Dr. Rieder will frame a discussion around the personal energy choices that individuals make—such as whether to buy an EV, install a heat pump, or simply turn down the thermostat—and what moral obligations we have to support larger structural reforms in our energy systems.
This talk is free and open to the public.
For more information about Dr. Rieder and his work, visit his personal website.
CLE Credit
This program has been approved for a total of 1.0 Ethics CLE credits for Pennsylvania lawyers. CLE credit may be available in other jurisdictions as well. Attendees seeking CLE credit can make a payment via cash or check made payable to “The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania” on the day of the event in the amount of $40.00 ($20.00 public interest/non-profit attorneys). In order to receive the appropriate amount of credit, evaluation forms must be completed.
Penn Carey Law Alumni receive CLE credits free through The W.P. Carey Foundation’s generous commitment to Lifelong Learning.
Travis Rieder
Associate Research Professor and Director of Education Initiatives, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of BioethicsTravis Rieder is the Director for Education Initiatives, Director of the Master of Bioethics degree program and Associate Research Professor at the Berman Institute of Bioethics. He is also a Faculty Affiliate at the Center for Public Health Advocacy within the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Sarah Light
Mitchell Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential ProfessorSarah Light is the Mitchell J. Blutt and Margo Krody Blutt Presidential Professor, professor of legal studies & business ethics, and faculty co-director of the Wharton Climate Center at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
