Terrill Hall 316, TR 12:301:50 p.m.)
Department of Philosophy and Religion
Studies
University of North Texas
Office: 330 Terrill Hall (565-2266) and Chestnut Hall #114 (565-2727)
Office Hours: After Class and By Appointment
To examine basic positions in the field of environmental ethics and their
relationship to animal
liberation, moral and legal rights for nature, the history of ideas behind
environmental thought,
and environmental economics. These positions are taken from the writings
of contemporary
thinkers. They will be explicated from a philosophical point of view
in order to determine what
an environmental ethic is and should be and how they relate to and are
supported by Western
traditions.
John B. Cobb, Jr., Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology, Environmental Ethics Books, 1995
Aldo Leopold, Sand County Almanac: With Essays on Conservation from Round River,
Ballantine, 1970
Eugene C. Hargrove, ed., The Animal Rights/Environmental Ethics Debate, SUNY, 1992
Eugene C. Hargrove, Foundations of Environmental Ethics, Prentice-Hall, 1989
Mark Sagoff, The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law, and the Environment, Cambridge
University Press, 1988
Cobb, Is It Too Late?
Leopold, "The Land Ethic," "Thinking Like a Mountain," "Round River"
Hargrove, The Animal Rights/Environmental Ethics Debate
Midsemester Exam
Hargrove, Foundations of Environmental Ethics
Sagoff, The Economy of the Earth
Final Exam (Tuesday, May 9, 10:30 a.m.12:30
p.m.)
There will be a Midsemester and a Final Exam. The exams will be essay. Regular attendance and class participation are required. Students may write an optional paper for extra credit. Students who miss more than three classes will be dropped from the class. Students guilty of cheating or plagiarism will receive an F for the course.