PH323

Download as PDF

Environmental Ethics

Global Humanities College of Liberal Arts

Subject Code

PH

Number

323

Title

Environmental Ethics

Description

An introduction to ethical issues concerning the human and non-human environment. The course provides a working knowledge of the concepts, theories, and types of argument characteristic of ethics in general. It analyzes and debates a selection of such topics as: ethical implications of continued economic and population growth; designing the infrastructure and architecture of human communities for optimal integration into the natural environment; sustainable agriculture and wilderness management; biodiversity and endangered species; pollution, waste disposal and climate change. Mainstream philosophical approaches will be compared with radical perspectives such as deep ecology and eco-feminism; and responses to ecological hazards ranging from free market strategies, through government regulation, local economic and ecological initiatives, to civil disobedience and eco-sabotage, may be examined.

Course Typically Offered

-

3

Maximum Variable Credits

-

Repeatable

-

Number of Course Repeats When Repeatable

-

Max Credits Repeatable

-

Department or School

College

College of Liberal Arts