Background: William French is an Associate Professor of Theology at Loyola University Chicago. His main research interests are religious ethics, ecological ethics and policies, and war and peace issues. He has written articles and book chapters on such topics as global climate change, land use issues, ecological security, just war theory, the moral status of animals, the Catholic natural tradition, Biblical views of creation, and on comparative religious ethics.

We discuss topics from the infrastructure of war to philosophical history as well as Dr French’s & my opposing views on climate change.