Course Description
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 2200 or any 3000-level PHIL course or permission of department
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students will be able to articulate and critically engage with key issues in environmental ethics. An understanding of the application of environmental ethics to scientific inquiry and decision making will be studied. Communicating effectively through writing and speech, relevant use of the computer, and critical thinking are all stressed. During the course the student should be improving in each of these skill areas.
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"
Syllabus