PL 217 - Environmental Ethics

Institution:

Saint Vincent College

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Description:

This course investigates the different ways that human beings think of the environment and the influence that these various conceptions have upon defining what, if any, responsibility human beings have to the natural world. Special attention will be given to the source and meaning of the term ‘value’ as well as to the specificationsthat are used to assign or distribute this term. The principal environmental theories that indicate the origin and range of value that will be examined include: anthropocentrism, individualism, holism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, speciesism and ecofeminism. Some practical concerns that will be examined in order to consider the implications of the various value theories are urban growth, poverty, use of natural resources, energy production, food production and distribution, pollution and population control. Three credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.stvincent.edu

Phone Number:

(724) 539-9761

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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