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Environmental Ethics
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Course Schedule:
5/22: Introduction, Moral Theory
5/29: Textbook pp. 7-32 "Animal Liberation and The Land Ethic" 6/5:
Textbook pp. 33-58 "Animal Liberation and Extending Rights"
1st short
essay due: How does aesthetic value contribute to the Land Ethic?
Professor's
reply-- Aesthetic Value?
6/12: Textbook pp. 58-81 "Extending Rights"
con't
2nd essay due: Can Singer respond to the criticism that his version of
animal rights is
incompatible with and environmental ethic?
-- Is there another way to avoid the division between animal rights and
environmental ethics?
-- Which approach can best ground the extension of rights, legal reasoning
or philosophical analysis?
6/19: Textbook pp. 188-204 "Rethinking the
Good Life"
3rd essay due: If sympathy is necessary for moral consideration, then
do trees warrant
moral concern?
-- How can Virtue Ethics (Aristotle) deal with species or biotic
communities?
Professor's
reply-- The Good of Trees? 6/26: pp. 205-230
"Rethinking the Good Life" con't
4th essay due: Is gratitude a moral virtue? Is it necessary for human
flourishing?
What relevance does it have for an environmental ethic?
Professor's reply--The
Good of Trees? (con't)
7/3: Exam
7/10: Screen "An Inconvenient Truth"
 7/17:
Ecotheology: "Types of Ecotheology", "Environmental Implications of the
Doctrine of the Fall",
"An Ecological Faith for the Global Era"
Some
interesting links on ecotheology and religious environmental activism:
7/24: Textbook pp. 265-283: Human Population
5th essay due: Who is correct on the ecotheological implications of the
fall?
Professor's reply--Implications of the Fall
7/31: Textbook pp. 330-372: Sustainable Use and Institutional Structure 8/7:
Textbook pp. 535-556 and Handout: Philosophy and Activism
8/14: Final Paper Due
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