PHI 232 - Environmental Ethics

A critical survey of major contemporary discussions of human relationships to nature and the causes of the environmental crisis. Topics will include animal rights, biocentrism, deep ecology, ecofeminism, bio-regionalism, social ecology and sustainability. Special attention will be given to building an ethical vocabulary for interpreting the place of humans in relation to the non-human.

General Education Requirements: Satisfies the General Education Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions and Population and the Environment Requirements.

Prerequisites: no first-year students or one course in philosophy.

Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Credits: 3