AE 284 - Environmental Ethics

Institution:

Eastern Connecticut State University

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Description:

This course describes the controversies and dilemmas surrounding the understanding, use, and preservation of the natural environment.A preliminary study of the scientific, legal, and ethical principles governing our approach to nature and the complex interrelation of these principles precedes an examination of salient environmental issues.The course explores conservation of resources, population growth, energy use, pollution, and global climate change from biological, economic, political, and philosophical perspectives.Students have opportunities to pursue problems of special interest.(Prerequisites: one course in philosophy and one course in religious studies) Three credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.easternct.edu/

Phone Number:

(860) 465-5000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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