Dignity, Struggle, and the Great Wheel of Being
A Conversation with Jennifer Herdt
12.00-1.30pm | Friday, March 29
Elm Library, 31 Whitney Avenue
Are human beings somehow closer to God, or more godlike, than other creatures? Or are all of God’s creatures equally beloved by and close to (or distant from) God? Understandings of human dignity associated with the Great Chain of Being license not only human/nonhuman hierarchy but also hierarchies of value among humans. Happily, robust theological resources exist for an alternative, which we might call the Great Wheel of Being.
Jennifer Herdt is Gilbert L. Stark Professor of Christian Ethics at Yale Divinity School.
This event is open to all members of the Yale community. Lunch will be served.
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Animals come when their names are called. Just like human beings.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Culture and Value