PHI 309 - Urban Environmental Crisis and Ethics

Institution:

Antioch University-Los Angeles

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Description:

This course explores a variety of moral, political, and legal concerns regarding the relationship between human beings and the natural environment, including forms of economic development, social structures, and ideological traditions. Dimensions of the human approach to the natural environment include land-use patterns, utilization of resources, impact of various practices on the biosphere, relations to non-human species, and the role of population growth in testing the carrying capacity of the Earth. The focus on modernity addresses the realm of the contemporary urban crisis. The impacts of recent natural catastrophes (tsunamis, hurricanes, floods, fires, etc.) are explored as they interact with social, economic, political, and ecological concerns. The course concludes with an extensive discussion of strategic issues - economic, cultural, and political - regarding apossible shift toward green sensibilities, practices, and institutions that many critics view as essential to staving off ecological catastrophe. SOCIAL SCIENCE DOMAIN

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.antiochla.edu

Phone Number:

(310) 578-1080

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Quarter

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