Ethical Issues in Transdisciplinary Research on Environment and Society

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This course foregrounds research in the frontiers of knowledge related to environmental ethics and trans-disciplinary research on the environment and society. It establishes a foundation in key environmental ethics concepts and then helps students develop an interdisciplinary set of ethical, cognitive, reflexive, and professional skills for exploring environmental ethics issues in more detail. As a required course in the TREES dual-title Graduate Program, the course integrates TREES's philosophical and applied approaches to understanding how different value systems in multiple societal contexts influence the management, use, conservation, and preservation of natural resources and the environment. However, the course may also be taken electively by students outside the TREES dual-title program.