This course will survey numerous philosophical and ethical aspects of the environmental movement. It will focus upon such topics as the nature of environmental responsibility, anthropocentric versus biocentric considerations of the environment, animal rights, obligations to future generations and the land ethics of Aldo Leopold. It will explore the arguments found in the debates over radical environmental activism, deep ecology, social ecology and eco-feminism. Environmental justice, issues of environmental rights, the possibilities of sustainable environmental practices and the causes of our ecological condition will be discussed in this course as well.
