Environmental Ethics

Catalog description

This course will examine the ethical arguments/repercussions related to the environment. Topics will include the principles involved in combatting environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, climate change, environmental justice, food insecurity, and economic and political impacts. As the environment faces a growing number of threats from human activities these core issues are becoming increasingly important. The purpose and importance of this course is to create a learning environment that stresses the understanding of ethics, its development as a major field, and its necessary role in understanding the environment.