PHIL 3320 - ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

Institution:

University of Houston-Downtown

Subject:

Philosophy

Description:

Local and world-wide environmental problems make understanding how to relate to the natural world of crucial practical importance. This course explores the conditions for moral judgment when interests such as employment and production conflict with environmental issues. Its topics include ancient, traditional, and modern adjudications of the appropriate relation between human persons and nature. Course readings and discussion aim at using philosophical strategies to generate an ethics suitable for organic life.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Corequisites:

Junior standing

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.uhd.edu

Phone Number:

(713) 221-8000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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