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2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 UMaine Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PHI 432 - Environmental Justice


A critical study of historical and multicultural perspectives on environmental justice. This course will focus on environmental intersectionality, the theory that environmental burdens disproportionately affect oppressed social groups. Attention will be given to environmental philosophy, ethics and policy, ranging from local indigenous struggles, to national and global issues.

General Education Requirements:  Ethics, Social Contexts and Institutions, Population and the Environment and Writing Intensive

Prerequisites: Junior, senior or graduate standing or PHI 232.

Course Typically Offered: Variable

Credits: 3