(POLS 106) Environmental Values and Ethics

4 Credits

An introduction to ethics and values that shape human relationships to the natural environment. What are the moral implications of these relationships for non-human life and natural systems? How can justice and democracy correct unethical treatment of non-humans? What policy responses to environmental problems are morally or politically justifiable? The course explores ethical ideas from different schools of environmental thought, such as sentientism, ecocentrism, and biocentrism, and ideas that emerge from social movements, such as environmental justice and urban sustainability. Attribute/Distribution: CC, HE, SS, W