BIET 6316 Environmental Philosophy
It is becoming increasingly clear that other species, ecosystems, and natural processes are vulnerable to disruption and extinction from humans and our technology. It is also becoming increasingly clear that human health and prosperity depend on the natural world and therefore vulnerable to those same disruptions. This mutual interdependence and vulnerability call for careful analysis. This course examines important ethical issues that arise as we move through our environments. Major ethical theories will be brought to bear on environmental problems and be reconsidered in the context of insights from environmental philosophy and environmental science. Additionally, students will gain familiarity with prominent perspectives in environmental ethics, critically evaluate them, and apply them to pressing environmental problems.
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