Environmental Ethics and Policy Goals

Catalog description

Advanced seminar in applied environmental ethics, focusing on the most influential and policy-relevant approaches in the field of environmental ethics. Core topics include the historical and philosophical foundations of alternative understandings of environmental responsibility; the debate over utility and preservation in environmental policy argument; and the interplay of ethical principles, scientific knowledge and societal priorities in environmental decision making. Consideration of the ethical and value dimensions of biodiversity conservation, wilderness protection, environmental valuation, environmental activism, climate change and sustainability, among other challenges.