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Academic Year 2001/2002

Human, Animals, and Nature
PHIL 150 FA

This course will explore the scope, strength, and nature of moral and political obligations to nonhumans and other humans by examining specific contemporary problems. Topics may include our treatment on nonhuman animals in industrial societies; global environmental problems, such as greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution, and garbage accumulation; and the distribution of environmental risks and toxic burdens.

MAJOR READINGS

R. Bullard, ed., REFLECTING ON NATURE: READINGS IN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY UNEQUAL PROTECTION: ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR (Sierra Club, 1994)
Course will also include some popular and journalistic writing and films (e.g., A CIVIL ACTION).

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two papers and a final project (possibly a group project).

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS PHIL    Grading Mode: Student Option   

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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