Major professional and nonprofessional writings in the field of environmental ethics.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students: Longer term-paper, possibly an in-class presentation, and higher standards for all assigned work.
Athena Title
ENVIRON ETHICS
Prerequisite
PHIL 2030 or PHIL 2030H or PHIL 2030E or any 3000-level PHIL course or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will critically evaluate key issues and theories in environmental ethics.
Students will apply ethical frameworks to environmental and scientific decision-making.
Students will develop and communicate evidence-based arguments on environmental ethics issues.
Students will use technological and information resources to research environmental ethics topics.
Students will demonstrate critical thinking through the analysis and evaluation of environmental problems and proposed solutions.
Topical Outline
This course will cover such problems as:
I. Population
II. Animal rights
III. Environmental justice
IV. The value of "nature" and "natural environments"
