PHIL 037 PZ -Values and the Environment

Institution: Pitzer

Description: Values and the Environment has a wider scope than an environmental ethics course. Topics to be discussed will include: who (and what) has moral standing (only humans? Humans and nonhuman animals? Trees? Mountains? Ecosystems?); how coloniality has shaped the ways â€œnatureâ€ is understood today; and what ethical frameworks are adequate in light of the foregoing questions. We will read works of environmental philosophy with an eye towards the socio-political world, investigating how different conceptions of nature interact, coincide, and miss one another in conflicts over animal rights, land use, and climate justice.

Prerequisite(s): See the current course schedule for registration restrictions.

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