Environmental Ethics

Catalog description

This course explores the philosophical foundations of environmental sustainability, focusing on the ethical principles that guide our relationship with the natural world. Students will engage with diverse perspectives, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge, scientific principles, and Western philosophical traditions, to further their understanding of environmental ethics. This course will examine the ethical principles underlying environmental sustainability, encouraging students to identify, articulate, and defend their own ethical positions on environmental issues. By integrating scientific principles of environmental sustainability with Traditional Ecological Knowledge, the course fosters an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the natural world and our place within it. Fall Even.