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Credit points: 16.7 2nd and 3rd years
Coordinator: Dr Brian Scarlett.
Prerequisite: One first-year single-semester Philosophy subject. Students who lack this prerequisite, but believe themselves adequately prepared to attempt any second/third year subjects, should consult the Head of Department.
Contact: Up to three hours a week.
Timetable: Second semester
Objectives:
By the end of the subject, students should have achieved:
- a critical understanding of some of the main sources of present day attitudes to the environment
- a critical understanding of a representative selection of contemporary philosophical thought about the environment
- a critical understanding of the philosophical issues involved in a range of problems taken from those listed under 'Matters for Investigation'. In any year the first three questions and one or two of the others will be considered.
Content:
The historical background to our present attitudes; what we mean by 'the environment'; models and theories for relating to the environment; moral problems concerning food chains; the preference for diversity; the bearer of rights and values.
Assessment:
One 2-hour end-of-semester examination and an essay of up to 3,000 words.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Arts (Volume 3 page 140)
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