PHIL 1724 - Environmental Ethics

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Saint Paul College

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Description:

This course will focus on helping students develop the ability to understand, analyze, and evaluate moral arguments about the value of nature and our obligations to the natural world and the human and non-human creatures that inhabit it. Topics will include global warming, pollution, animal welfare, anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric views of the value and role of nature, ecofeminism, the moral status of cultural and religious practices that affect the environment, energy and resource policy, conservation and the land ethic, and global and intergenerational justice. The course will include an introduction to basic skills and concepts in ethical theory and applied ethics. (Prerequisite(s): READ 0722 or READ 0724 or EAPP 0900 with a grade of "C" or better, or appropriate assessment score) (MnTC: Goals 6 and 10) 3C/3/0/0

Credits:

3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.saintpaul.edu

Phone Number:

(651) 846-1600

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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