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Philosophy 131: Environmental Ethics

What principles should guide human interaction with the environment? This course considers a range of moral perspectives, including anthropocentrism, animal-rights theory, biocentrism, social ecology, ecocentrism, deep ecology, ecofeminism etc.

Reference Books in Print

Encyclopedia of world environmental history
Call Number: Goddard Library Reference Section GF 10 .E63 2004
ISBN: 0415937329
A companion to ethics
Call Number: BJ 1012 .C62 1993
ISBN: 0631187855
Encyclopedia of ethics
Call Number: Reference BJ 63 .E45 2001
ISBN: 0415936721

National Academies Press

Environment and Environmental Studies
National Academies research on the environment encompasses activities where policy meets the realm of science and the environment, including such issues as drilling for oil on Alaska's North Slope, the transportation of nuclear waste, and protecting ...