Course overview
This course will familiarise students with the content and the processes within ethical decision-making concerning the natural and social environment. This course will introduce students to the main ethical theories pertaining to the environment and include introduction to anthropocentric, biocentric and ecocentric viewpoints. The course considers the impacts of ethical considerations on a range of real world environmental situations including ethics in stakeholder consultation, working with Indigenous peoples and ethics within environmental management. The course will provide case studies to assist build student understanding of how world views and ethical considerations influence and shape decision making and develop environmental management.
Course learning outcomes
- Read and reflect on efforts to formulate an environmental ethic
- To demonstrate understanding of the social movements which correlate with and carry various perspectives on human responsibility toward the environment.
- To apply environmental ethical theory to real-world environmental conflicts and issues.
- To demonstrate understanding of a range of ethical theories and their applications in debates about the environment
- Demonstrate understanding in key areas in debates about environmental matters