Charles T. Rubin Explained

Charles T. Rubin
Occupation:Professor and author
Spouse:Leslie Rubin (m. 1981)
Alma Mater:Case Western Reserve University & Boston College
Workplaces:Duquesne University & Princeton University
Main Interests:Transhumanism Environmentalism

Charles T. Rubin is a political science professor, philosopher and writer.[1] [2] Rubin was raised in Cleveland, Ohio and attended nearby Case Western Reserve University, receiving a bachelor's degree in philosophy and political science in 1975.[3] He went on to study at Boston College, where he graduated with a doctoral degree in 1983 and also where he met his wife Leslie Rubin, a fellow political science academic.[4] Rubin and his wife taught at Kenyon College before both moving to Duquesne University as professors and raising their children.[5] Rubin began at Duquesne as an assistant professor in 1987 and continued teaching there for over 30 years. He was appointed as an endowed chair in 2019.[6]

Rubin is the author of The Green Crusade, a 1998 book which questions the scientific basis for claims and predictions made by environmentalists, specifically naming Rachel Carson and Paul Erlich.[7] [8] [9] In 2008, the President's Council on Bioethics commissioned two essays by Rubin on upholding human dignity, which he titled "Human Dignity and the Future of Man" and "Commentary on Bostrom". In 2014, his book Eclipse of Man was released. In it, Rubin considers the advancements of technology and cautions against hasty adoption of transhumanism.[10] [11] [12] [13]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rise of the machines: is there anything to fear? . 20 March 2015 . Cave, Stephen . The Financial Times.
  2. Hayward . Stephen . Gray Matter on Green Affairs . Claremont Review of Books . Fall 2000 . 1 . 1 . 4 March 2022.
  3. Web site: Marsh . Jeffrey. The Green Crusade, by Charles T. Rubin . July 1994 . Commentary Magazine . 8 June 2022 .
  4. Web site: Campus mourns former political science professor . 19 October 2017 . The Duquesne Duke . 8 June 2022 . https://archive.today/20220608163942/http://www.duqsm.com/campus-mourns-former-political-science-professor/ . 8 June 2022.
  5. Web site: Coupled: Duquesne professors married to each other and their professions . 14 February 2013 . The Duquesne Duke . 8 June 2022 . https://archive.today/20220608193459/http://www.duqsm.com/468/ . 8 June 2022.
  6. Web site: James Madison Society Member Charles T. Rubin Appointed Endowed Chair at Duquesne University . January 17, 2019 . James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions . 8 June 2022 .
  7. Book: Green or Gone . 1997 . 263. Shearman. David . Wakefield Press. 978-1862544260. The Green Crusade is a detailed critique of a series of populist writers who are environmentalists, such as Carson, Commoner, Ehrlich, Schumacher, and more recently the proponents of deep ecology. What Rubin says about the frequent lack of scientific backing for many of the claims and predictions made by environmentalists is interesting..
  8. The Green Crusade . November 1994 . 47. 58–60. Weinstein, Kenneth R. . First Things . 8 June 2022.
  9. Web site: The Green Crusade: Rethinking the Roots of Environmentalism . 20 April 1994 . . 8 June 2022 . https://archive.today/20220608162708/https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-green-crusade-rethinking-the-roots-of-environmentalism/ . 8 June 2022.
  10. Palmer . Michael . Review of "Eclipse of Man, Human Extinction and the Meaning of Progress" . The Councilor: A Journal of the Social Studies . January 2016 . 77 . 1 . 8 June 2022.
  11. Blitz . Mark . Future Selves . Claremont Review of Books . Fall 2015 . 15. 8 June 2022.
  12. Web site: Cloer . Dan. The Meaning of Life . Spring 2015 . Vision . 8 June 2022 .
  13. Winyard . David . The Promethean Escape: A Review of Charles Rubin's Eclipse of Man . Social Epistemology Review and Reply Collective . September 2017 . 6. 10. 8 June 2022.

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