PHI-220 — Environmental Ethics
This course examines such questions as, "What are the rights of animals?", "Is there a land ethic?", and "How can we achieve environmental justice?" Such problems are discussed within the larger context of environmental philosophy, including such perspectives as utilitarianism, holism, social ecology, deep ecology, ecofeminism and postmodernism. Applications to local issues in land use, wilderness, civic agriculture and food will be included. 3/0/0