Environmental Ethics

Catalog description

This course introduces students to philosophical ethics through an engagement with environmental issues. It focuses on a variety of environmental issues including, but not limited to, endangered and invasive species, pollution, sustainability, population growth, biodiversity loss, non-human welfare, and global climate change. Students will learn basic concepts in ecology and key theoretical frameworks in ethics. The course will strengthen the student’s ability to critically analyze the philosophical complexities germane to topics in environmental philosophy including: ecological thinking, sustainability, global environmental challenges, obligations to future generations, and environmental justice.