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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0154-382-001 |
| Instructor: | Ting Yih |
| Days: | Monday Wednesday 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 211 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Students critically examine key debates concerning environmental ethics and justice. Do we have ethical responsibilities to the environment and other species or only to our fellow human beings? How can problems like global climate change, the need for sustainable economic development, and the controversies over GMOs be justly resolved?. (Learning Goals:G;Distribution Reqs:Humanities) |
| Learning Goals: |
Course Learning Goals:Students will• Develop their critical thinking and interpretive skills for analyzing and evaluating arguments in general.• Develop their capacity for abstract thought.• Develop their capacity for spoken and written self-expression.• Increase their understanding of various ethical standards.• Students will increase their understanding of the philosophical debates on environmental ethics & justice, including:* The existence of either an intrinsic moral value or an anthropocentric value for the environment and nonhuman animals.* The just distribution of environmental resources and burdens.* Population control.* Ethical consumption and sustainability.* Climate justice.* Ethics of GMOs.* Economic development & sustainability.• Students will apply their increased understanding and developed skills in: * making sense of current disputes over environmental policy and the ethical treatment of animals.* assessing the positions and arguments of others from diverse cultures concerning environmental justice.* considering their own ethical responsibilities regarding conservation, nonhuman animals, consumption, population control, CO2 emissions, and GMOs.* forming their own arguments to rationally support their own convictions concerning environmental ethics & justice. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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