PHIL 107 — Environmental Ethics
Analyzing the complex relationships between humans and the natural environment raises some of the most challenging and important questions that we face. Students will study some of the classic and contemporary readings in the field of environmental ethics in order to start to reason for themselves about the proper principles that should guide our actions. Possible topics include the moral standing of non-human animals and inanimate nature, the conceptual divide between nature and culture, the use of animals in research and agriculture, the genetic modification of organisms, duties to future generations, and sustainability.