ENVR214
Environmental Ethics
Subject code
ENVR
Course Number
214
Department(s)
Instructor(s)
P. Schofield
Course Long Title
Environmental Ethics
Cross Listed Courses
Description
What do we owe to nonhuman animals? How ought we treat plants and other nonsentient organisms? Are ecosystems appropriate objects of moral concern? This course focuses on moral issues that arise as a result of human interaction with the environment. Students discuss mainstream Western philosophers as well as challenges from the point of view of indigenous cultures, Buddhism, and ecofeminism.
Modes of Inquiry
Analysis and Critique [AC]
Writing Credit
No writing credit
INDS Program Relationship
IDES - ENVR Program
GEC This Course Belongs To
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