GEOG444  Environmental Ethics in Geography

CONTENT:  Examination of ethical and environmental theory, environmental policy evaluations, philosophy of technology, and relevance of environmental ethics in geographic analysis and everyday life. Prerequisite:  Geog 280, or instructor's permission.   3 hours.

OFFERED:  On Demand - Contact Dr. John All.

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Current Syllabus:

None available yet as this is a new course
Course objectives: To examine current knowledge of global change and critically review the scientific literature.
Content outline:
Values and Ethics in a Geographic Framework
= Introduction to Philosophical Tenets
= Inherent value
= Intrinsic value
= Sentient vs. Nonsentient
Technology and Values
= Defining Technology
= 1960s Counter Culture
= Technology and Human existence (Karl Marx, Buckminster Fuller, Martin Heidegger, Herbert Marcuse, Julian Simon)
= Technology and Religion
= Technology and Metaphysics
Economic Systems and Human-Environment Interaction
= Market Economics and Efficiency
= Environmental Economics
= Externalities and Valuation
Environmental Movements
= Value systems
= Mainstream values
= Radical ecocentrism
Values of Native Peoples in the Modern World
= History
= Challenge
= Responses
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