PHL 112 - Intro to Ethics and the Environment

3 credits (3 hrs Lec)

This course introduces students to the study of moral philosophy via an engagement with issues of environmental concern. Beginning with conceptions of nature in the Abrahamic tradition, the course will cover the deep ecology, ecofeminism, and social ecology movements as well as such issues as climate change, biodiversity, land degradation, animal rights, water waste, and wilderness preservation. The two main goals of the course are to provide students with a more sophisticated conceptual vocabulary to render moral judgment across domains and to engage student’s ethical reasoning and reflection on environmental issues in particular.