EES 218 - Environmental Ethics

Credits: 3

An examination of the central problems of environmental ethics as viewed from the perspectives of science and of philosophy. The value of nature and ‘natural objects,’ differing attitudes toward wildlife and the land itself, implications of anthropocentrism, individualism, ecocentrism, and ecofeminism, bases for land and water conservation, and other topics will be examined within a framework of moral and scientific argument.

Pre-Requisites: PHL 101 or EES 240 and EES 241, or permission of instructor.
Repeatable: May not be repeated for credit
Cross-Listed: PHL 218.