ENV 365 - Seminar in Environmental Ethics

(PHIL 365) FDR: HU
Credits: 3

This course examines selected topics in environmental ethics. Topics may vary from year to year, and include the proper meanings and goals of environmentalism; the goals and methods of conservation biology; major environmental issues in current political debates; and balancing the ethical concerns of environmental justice and our responsibilities to future generations.

Fall 2021, ENV 365-01: Seminar in Environmental Ethics: Values: Environmental Ethics and Agriculture (3). Following a critical assessment of the dominant agricultural paradigm - industrial agriculture - we explore more ecologically informed alternatives such as regenerative agriculture and conservation agriculture. The course places special emphasis on climate change, examining issues such as the role of animals in agriculture and the potential for agricultural practices to sequester carbon in the soil. (HU) Cooper.