PHI 213 - Environmental Ethics

A multidisciplinary look at philosophical, psychological, economic, scientific, spiritual and cultural world views and theories about the environment. Diverse topics include animal rights, global warming, pollution, population, war, oil, ecocentric vs anthropocentric, Gaia Theory and more. The course covers a rich spectrum of topics that connect human behavior and attitudes to the Earth across many dimensions and seeks to help students use ethical analysis to work through the complexity in search of solutions.

Credits: 3