PL 215 : Nature, Values, and Public Policy

This course examines human responses to, and moral responsibility for, natural and human environments. Early sections of the course examine the roots of environmental crisis and ethical frameworks and concepts for responding to that crisis. It then moves on to apply ethical analysis to a range of issues relating to the environment. Issues covered may include, but are not limited to, climate change, environmental (in)justice, moral obligations to non-human animals, and wilderness preservation.