PHIL-4300

Environmental Philosophy

While concepts such as quality of life, environment, nature, global ecology, and the like figure heavily in contemporary discussions, they are seldom integrated into an environmental philosophy. The course tries to achieve this integration by understanding some of the religious, mythic-poetic, and scientific dimensions of the man-nature matrix. Some specific environmental problems are examined in order to illustrate the system of values implied by various solutions. (Cross listed as STSH-4300. Students cannot obtain credit for both this course and STSH-4300.) Prerequisite: junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. Offered upon availablity of instructor.

4 credit hours