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Apr 16, 2024
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2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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PHI 362 - Environmental Ethics
In recent years the philosophical discipline of ethics has engaged in the intense focus on a number of specific areas of applied ethics. With growing concern for the health of the health of the biological ecosystem and our increasing knowledge of animal consciousness, philosophers have questioned the extent of our ethical obligation. Do we have moral duties and responsibilities to the physical world around us? Are nonhuman animals members of the moral realm? Should our concern about the health of the environment be grounded in a concern for nature itself or its impact on human life? Topics include examining the place of humans within the world, questioning whether the value of the natural world is intrinsic or extrinsic, and exploring our relationships to other animal species. This course will invite participants to examine multiple perspectives on these issues.
Suggested prerequisite: PHI 160
1 semester 3 credits.
Fall
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