Midwestern Environmental Ethics

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When people think about environmental ethics in the US, they think about coasts or mountains. The Middle Western plains have been largely forgotten as an area of interest for environmental ethics since the dust bowl. In fact, most environmental issues and values that get traction in the American national media, in anthologies on environmental ethics, in movies focused on environmental issues, etc. focus on issues in the West and East Coast (think of all the ink that has been spilled on water rights in the West, for example). Bucking this history, we will focus on environmental issues that are manifest in the American Midwest (though of course can be manifest in other regions of America and in other parts of the world). Prerequisites: 3 credit hours of Philosophy with grade of C or better, or instructor’s consent.