PHIL 243: Environmental Ethics and Sustainability

H, SU - This philosophy course is intended to give students the theoretical background for applying moral reasoning to issues related to environmental use, protection, and sustainability. The class will undertake an examination of philosophical perspectives on the environment and engage in practical application of proposed solutions to environmental problems. Throughout the course, connections between individual and societal, as well as between local and global impacts on the environment will be emphasized. Students will come out of this class with a deeper sense of our ethical obligations to the environment and with a greater understanding of how to make choices that support environmental sustainability.