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Environmental Ethic

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Course ID: WF-OB-POEETH
Erasmus code / ISCED: 07.2 The subject classification code consists of three to five digits, where the first three represent the classification of the discipline according to the Discipline code list applicable to the Socrates/Erasmus program, the fourth (usually 0) - possible further specification of discipline information, the fifth - the degree of subject determined based on the year of study for which the subject is intended. / (unknown)
Course title: Environmental Ethic
Name in Polish: Environmental Ethic
Organizational unit: Center for Ecology and Ecophilosophy
Course groups: (in Polish) Gr przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (I stopień i jednolite magisterskie)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - Obszar nauk humanistycznych (studia II stopnia)
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczelnianych - obszar nauk humanistycznych i społecznych (studia I st. i JM)
(in Polish) Zajęcia w językach obcych w Instytucie Ekologii i Bioetyki
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3A2908d0cfa92d4d24ae57f5350cfd7a1a%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5f9e07bf-8e20-45db-aeb4-4db059d84250&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 6.00 OR 4.00 (differs over time) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
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Language: English
Subject level:

advanced
Learning outcome code/codes:

OB2_W09

OB2_W12

OB2_U04

OB2_U14

OB2_K05

OB2_K09
Preliminary Requirements:

English at b2 level
Short description:

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ecological ethics
Full description:

1. Introduction to ethics.

2. Introduction to environmental ethics: history of reflection, main theoretical problems, and methods.

3.. The scope of ethical consideration: anthropocentrism

4. The scope of ethical consideration: biocentrism

5. The scope of ethical consideration: ecocentrism

6. Animal ethics

7. Essay presentation.

Bibliography:

Literature:

Obligatory reading:

Callicott B., Frodeman R. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Farmington Hills 2008 – selected fragments

Thoreau H. D., Walden or, life in the woods, 1854 – selected chapters

Leopold A., Sandy County Almanac, Nowy Jork 1981 – selected fragments

Carson R., Silent Spring, Cambridge, MA 1962 – selected fragments

Optional reading:

Árnason Þorvarður, Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland, Linköping 2005.

Attfield R., Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge 2003.

Brennan A., Yeuk-Sze L., Environmental Ethics, w: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. E. N. Zalta, https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=ethics-environmental

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics, w: The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, red. L. Besser-Jones, M. Slote, Nowy Jork 2015, s. 427-444.

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics. Special Issue: Introduction, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2010, nr 1-2, s. 3-7.

Dower N., Ethics and Environmental Responsibility, Aldershot 1989.

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Ethics in Poland, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10806-017-9659-6

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Virtue Ethics and Sustainability, „Problems of Sustainable Development”, 2018, nr 2, s. 139–146.

Dzwonkowska D., Is Environmental Virtue Ethics Anthropocentric?, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, DOI: 10.1007/s10806-018-9751-6.

Fortuna P., Wróblewski Z., Gorbaniuk O., The structure and correlates of anthropocentrism as a psychological construct, “Current Psychology, 2021, nr 5, s. 1-13.

Gregory K., Dissertation: Iceland’s Environmental Saga: Motivations for Sustainable Action and Belief; defense Date: March 18th, 2016, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Gunkel D., The machine question: critical perspective on AI, Robots, and Ethics. Massachusetts, Cambridge MA 2012.

Hill T. Jr., Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environment, “Environmental Ethics”, 1983, nr 3, s. 211–224.

Naess A., Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, Cambridge 1989.

Naess A., The case against science, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 9, Dordrecht 2005, s. 145-163.

Naess A., The deep ecology movement: some philosophical aspects, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 10, Dordrecht 2005, s. 33-55.

Naess A., The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary, “Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy and the Social Sciences”, 1973, t. 16, s. 95–100.

Norton B. G., Weak anthropocentrism and environmental ethics, “Environmental Ethics”, 1984, nr 6, 131-148.

Regan T., The case of animal rights, Berkeley 1983.

Rolston III H., Environmental Virtue Ethics: Half the Truth but Dangerous as a Whole, w:, „Environmental Virtue Ethics”, R. Sandler, P. Cafaro (red.), Oxford 2005, s. 61-78.

Rolston III H., Is There an Ecological Ethic?, “Ethics”, 1975, nr 85, 93–109.

Rolston III H., Philosophy Gone Wild: Environmental Ethics, Buffalo 1989.

Routley R., Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental Ethic?, „Proceedings, Twelfth World Congress of Philosophy”, 1973, s. 205–210.

Sandler R., Character and Environment. A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics, Nowy Jork 2007.

Sandler R., Environmental Ethics. Theory in Practice, Nowy Jork 2018.

Sandler R., Towards an Adequate Environmental Virtue Ethic, „Environmental Values”, 2004, nr 4, s. 477-495.

Sandler R., What Makes a Character Trait a Virtue?, „The Journal of Value Inquiry”, 2005, nr 3-4, s. 383-397.

Singer P., Animal Liberation, 1975.

Skolimowski H., Eco-Ethics as the Foundation of Conservation, “The Environmentalist”, 1984, t. 7, s. 45-51.

Skolimowski H/, Eco-philosophy: designing new tactics for living, Boston 1981.

Taylor P., “Biocentric Egalitarianism” or "Respect for Nature" (i.e., Living Beings), http://hettingern.people.cofc.edu/Env_Ethics_Sp_2012/Taylor1_Biocentric_Egalitarianism.htm

Taylor P., Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics, Princeton 1986.

Treanor B, Emplotting Virtue: A Narrative Approach to Environmental Virtue Ethics, Albany 2014.

van Wensveen L., Dirty Virtues: The Emergence of Ecological Virtue Ethics, Amherst 2000.

van Wensveen L., Ecosystem Sustainability as a Criterion for Genuine Virtue, „Environmental Ethics”, 2001, t. 23, s. 227-41.

White L., The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis, „Science” 1967, nr 155, s. 1203–1207.
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

1. Knowledge - after the course student knows main theoretical issues discussed in environmental ethics. He/she knows, what is anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecosystem ethics, and animal ethics. He/she is knowledgeable about main concepts and representatives of environmental ethics.

2. Skills - student is able to understand moral obligations towards nature, he/she is able to give arguments for nature protection from perspective of main normative theories (deontology, and consequentialism).

3. competencies - student applies moral competences in his/her actions, and perceives nature as a subject of his/her moral choices. He/she is informed consumer. Moreover, student is able to discriminate facts from fake information in terms of environmental issues.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

activity during classes = 20 % of the final grade; essay on the topic connected with environmental ethics = 80 % of the final grade.

Classes in period "Winter semester 2021/22" (past)

Time span: 2021-10-01 - 2022-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Go to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 15 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Group instructors: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a2908d0cfa92d4d24ae57f5350cfd7a1a%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5f9e07bf-8e20-45db-aeb4-4db059d84250&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
Short description:

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ecological ethics
Full description:

The course content:

1. Introduction to environmental ethics: history of reflection, main theoretical problems, and methods - 2 hrs

2. Three approaches to environmental ethics: deontological, consequentialist and aretological - 4 hours

3. Anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism - 4 hours

4. Environmental Ethics in Poland - 2 hours

5. Ethics and animals - 2 hours

6. Final exam
Bibliography:

1. Sandler Ronald, Character and Environment. A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics, Columbia University Press, Nowy Jork 2007.

2. Sandler Ronald, Environmental Ethics. Theory in Practice, Oxford University Press, Nowy Jork 2018.

3. Tyburski Włodzimierz, Człowiek i środowisko. Dyscypliny humanistyczne i ekologia, Toruń 1995.


Tyburski Włodzimierz, Dyscypliny humanistyczne i ekologia, Wydawnictwo UMK, Toruń 2013.

4. Tyburski Włodzimierz, Główne kierunki i zasady etyki środowiskowej, w: A. Papuziński (red.) Wprowadzenie do filozoficznych problemów ekologii, Wyższa Szkoła Pedagogiczna w Bydgoszczy, Bydgoszcz 1999, s. 97-132.

5. Dzwonkowska Dominika, Environmental Ethics in Poland, „Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 30(2017)1, s. 135–15, doi: 10.1007/s10806-017-9659-6

6. Dzwonkowska Dominika, Virtue and vice in environmental discourse, „Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae”, 11(2013)4, s. 61-76.
Wymagania wstępne:

English at least at B2 level

Classes in period "Winter semester 2022/23" (past)

Time span: 2022-10-01 - 2023-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Go to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 15 hours, 15 places more information
Coordinators: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Group instructors: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a2908d0cfa92d4d24ae57f5350cfd7a1a%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5f9e07bf-8e20-45db-aeb4-4db059d84250&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS:

1 ECTS = lecture participation

3 ECTS = research project preparation
Short description:

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ecological ethics
Full description:

1. Introduction to ethics.

2. Introduction to environmental ethics: history of reflection, main theoretical problems, and methods.

3. Environmental Ethics in Poland and Iceland

4. The scope of ethical consideration: anthropocentrism

5. The scope of ethical consideration: biocentrism

6. The scope of ethical consideration: ecocentrism

7. Animal ethics

8. Deep ecology movement

9. Feminist environmental ethics

10. Environmental values

11. Environmental virtue ethics – introduction

12. Three approaches to environmental virtue ethics

13. Universalistic, positive, and pragmatic environmental virtue ethics

14. Climate change ethics

15. Essay presentation.

Bibliography:

Literature:

Obligatory reading:

Callicott B., Frodeman R. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Farmington Hills 2008 – selected fragments

Thoreau H. D., Walden or, life in the woods, 1854 – selected chapters

Leopold A., Sandy County Almanac, Nowy Jork 1981 – selected fragments

Carson R., Silent Spring, Cambridge, MA 1962 – selected fragments

Optional reading:

Árnason Þorvarður, Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland, Linköping 2005.

Attfield R., Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge 2003.

Brennan A., Yeuk-Sze L., Environmental Ethics, w: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. E. N. Zalta, https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=ethics-environmental

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics, w: The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, red. L. Besser-Jones, M. Slote, Nowy Jork 2015, s. 427-444.

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics. Special Issue: Introduction, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2010, nr 1-2, s. 3-7.

Dower N., Ethics and Environmental Responsibility, Aldershot 1989.

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Ethics in Poland, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10806-017-9659-6

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Virtue Ethics and Sustainability, „Problems of Sustainable Development”, 2018, nr 2, s. 139–146.

Dzwonkowska D., Is Environmental Virtue Ethics Anthropocentric?, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, DOI: 10.1007/s10806-018-9751-6.

Fortuna P., Wróblewski Z., Gorbaniuk O., The structure and correlates of anthropocentrism as a psychological construct, “Current Psychology, 2021, nr 5, s. 1-13.

Gregory K., Dissertation: Iceland’s Environmental Saga: Motivations for Sustainable Action and Belief; defense Date: March 18th, 2016, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Gunkel D., The machine question: critical perspective on AI, Robots, and Ethics. Massachusetts, Cambridge MA 2012.

Hill T. Jr., Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environment, “Environmental Ethics”, 1983, nr 3, s. 211–224.

Naess A., Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, Cambridge 1989.

Naess A., The case against science, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 9, Dordrecht 2005, s. 145-163.

Naess A., The deep ecology movement: some philosophical aspects, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 10, Dordrecht 2005, s. 33-55.

Naess A., The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary, “Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy and the Social Sciences”, 1973, t. 16, s. 95–100.

Norton B. G., Weak anthropocentrism and environmental ethics, “Environmental Ethics”, 1984, nr 6, 131-148.

Regan T., The case of animal rights, Berkeley 1983.

Rolston III H., Environmental Virtue Ethics: Half the Truth but Dangerous as a Whole, w:, „Environmental Virtue Ethics”, R. Sandler, P. Cafaro (red.), Oxford 2005, s. 61-78.

Rolston III H., Is There an Ecological Ethic?, “Ethics”, 1975, nr 85, 93–109.

Rolston III H., Philosophy Gone Wild: Environmental Ethics, Buffalo 1989.

Routley R., Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental Ethic?, „Proceedings, Twelfth World Congress of Philosophy”, 1973, s. 205–210.

Sandler R., Character and Environment. A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics, Nowy Jork 2007.

Sandler R., Environmental Ethics. Theory in Practice, Nowy Jork 2018.

Sandler R., Towards an Adequate Environmental Virtue Ethic, „Environmental Values”, 2004, nr 4, s. 477-495.

Sandler R., What Makes a Character Trait a Virtue?, „The Journal of Value Inquiry”, 2005, nr 3-4, s. 383-397.

Singer P., Animal Liberation, 1975.

Skolimowski H., Eco-Ethics as the Foundation of Conservation, “The Environmentalist”, 1984, t. 7, s. 45-51.

Skolimowski H/, Eco-philosophy: designing new tactics for living, Boston 1981.

Taylor P., “Biocentric Egalitarianism” or "Respect for Nature" (i.e., Living Beings), http://hettingern.people.cofc.edu/Env_Ethics_Sp_2012/Taylor1_Biocentric_Egalitarianism.htm

Taylor P., Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics, Princeton 1986.

Treanor B, Emplotting Virtue: A Narrative Approach to Environmental Virtue Ethics, Albany 2014.

van Wensveen L., Dirty Virtues: The Emergence of Ecological Virtue Ethics, Amherst 2000.

van Wensveen L., Ecosystem Sustainability as a Criterion for Genuine Virtue, „Environmental Ethics”, 2001, t. 23, s. 227-41.

White L., The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis, „Science” 1967, nr 155, s. 1203–1207.
Wymagania wstępne:

English at least at B2 level

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Go to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 15 hours, 20 places more information
Coordinators: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Group instructors: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a2908d0cfa92d4d24ae57f5350cfd7a1a%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5f9e07bf-8e20-45db-aeb4-4db059d84250&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS:

1 ECTS = lecture participation

3 ECTS = research project preparation
Short description:

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ecological ethics
Full description:

1. Introduction to ethics.

2. Introduction to environmental ethics: history of reflection, main theoretical problems, and methods.

3.. The scope of ethical consideration: anthropocentrism

4. The scope of ethical consideration: biocentrism

5. The scope of ethical consideration: ecocentrism

6. Animal ethics

7. Essay presentation.

Bibliography:

Literature:

Obligatory reading:

Callicott B., Frodeman R. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Farmington Hills 2008 – selected fragments

Thoreau H. D., Walden or, life in the woods, 1854 – selected chapters

Leopold A., Sandy County Almanac, Nowy Jork 1981 – selected fragments

Carson R., Silent Spring, Cambridge, MA 1962 – selected fragments

Optional reading:

Árnason Þorvarður, Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland, Linköping 2005.

Attfield R., Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge 2003.

Brennan A., Yeuk-Sze L., Environmental Ethics, w: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. E. N. Zalta, https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=ethics-environmental

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics, w: The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, red. L. Besser-Jones, M. Slote, Nowy Jork 2015, s. 427-444.

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics. Special Issue: Introduction, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2010, nr 1-2, s. 3-7.

Dower N., Ethics and Environmental Responsibility, Aldershot 1989.

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Ethics in Poland, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10806-017-9659-6

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Virtue Ethics and Sustainability, „Problems of Sustainable Development”, 2018, nr 2, s. 139–146.

Dzwonkowska D., Is Environmental Virtue Ethics Anthropocentric?, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, DOI: 10.1007/s10806-018-9751-6.

Fortuna P., Wróblewski Z., Gorbaniuk O., The structure and correlates of anthropocentrism as a psychological construct, “Current Psychology, 2021, nr 5, s. 1-13.

Gregory K., Dissertation: Iceland’s Environmental Saga: Motivations for Sustainable Action and Belief; defense Date: March 18th, 2016, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Gunkel D., The machine question: critical perspective on AI, Robots, and Ethics. Massachusetts, Cambridge MA 2012.

Hill T. Jr., Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environment, “Environmental Ethics”, 1983, nr 3, s. 211–224.

Naess A., Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, Cambridge 1989.

Naess A., The case against science, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 9, Dordrecht 2005, s. 145-163.

Naess A., The deep ecology movement: some philosophical aspects, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 10, Dordrecht 2005, s. 33-55.

Naess A., The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary, “Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy and the Social Sciences”, 1973, t. 16, s. 95–100.

Norton B. G., Weak anthropocentrism and environmental ethics, “Environmental Ethics”, 1984, nr 6, 131-148.

Regan T., The case of animal rights, Berkeley 1983.

Rolston III H., Environmental Virtue Ethics: Half the Truth but Dangerous as a Whole, w:, „Environmental Virtue Ethics”, R. Sandler, P. Cafaro (red.), Oxford 2005, s. 61-78.

Rolston III H., Is There an Ecological Ethic?, “Ethics”, 1975, nr 85, 93–109.

Rolston III H., Philosophy Gone Wild: Environmental Ethics, Buffalo 1989.

Routley R., Is There a Need for a New, an Environmental Ethic?, „Proceedings, Twelfth World Congress of Philosophy”, 1973, s. 205–210.

Sandler R., Character and Environment. A Virtue-Oriented Approach to Environmental Ethics, Nowy Jork 2007.

Sandler R., Environmental Ethics. Theory in Practice, Nowy Jork 2018.

Sandler R., Towards an Adequate Environmental Virtue Ethic, „Environmental Values”, 2004, nr 4, s. 477-495.

Sandler R., What Makes a Character Trait a Virtue?, „The Journal of Value Inquiry”, 2005, nr 3-4, s. 383-397.

Singer P., Animal Liberation, 1975.

Skolimowski H., Eco-Ethics as the Foundation of Conservation, “The Environmentalist”, 1984, t. 7, s. 45-51.

Skolimowski H/, Eco-philosophy: designing new tactics for living, Boston 1981.

Taylor P., “Biocentric Egalitarianism” or "Respect for Nature" (i.e., Living Beings), http://hettingern.people.cofc.edu/Env_Ethics_Sp_2012/Taylor1_Biocentric_Egalitarianism.htm

Taylor P., Respect for Nature: A Theory of Environmental Ethics, Princeton 1986.

Treanor B, Emplotting Virtue: A Narrative Approach to Environmental Virtue Ethics, Albany 2014.

van Wensveen L., Dirty Virtues: The Emergence of Ecological Virtue Ethics, Amherst 2000.

van Wensveen L., Ecosystem Sustainability as a Criterion for Genuine Virtue, „Environmental Ethics”, 2001, t. 23, s. 227-41.

White L., The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis, „Science” 1967, nr 155, s. 1203–1207.
Wymagania wstępne:

English at least at B2 level

Classes in period "Winter semester 2024/25" (past)

Time span: 2024-10-01 - 2025-01-31
Selected timetable range:
Go to timetable
Type of class:
Lectures, 15 hours, 50 places more information
Coordinators: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Group instructors: Dominika Dzwonkowska
Course homepage: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3A2908d0cfa92d4d24ae57f5350cfd7a1a%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5f9e07bf-8e20-45db-aeb4-4db059d84250&tenantId=12578430-c51b-4816-8163-c7281035b9b3
Students list: (inaccessible to you)
Credit: Course - graded credit
Lectures - graded credit
(in Polish) E-Learning:

(in Polish) E-Learning (pełny kurs) z podziałem na grupy
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS:

1 ECTS = lecture participation

3 ECTS = research project preparation
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) PO/H2 - obszar nauk humanistycznych - II stopień
Short description:

The aim of the lecture is to introduce students to ecological ethics
Full description:

1. Introduction to ethics.

2. Introduction to environmental ethics: history of reflection, main theoretical problems, and methods.

3.. The scope of ethical consideration: anthropocentrism

4. The scope of ethical consideration: biocentrism

5. The scope of ethical consideration: ecocentrism

6. Animal ethics

7. Essay presentation.

Bibliography:

Literature:

Obligatory reading:

Callicott B., Frodeman R. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, Farmington Hills 2008 – selected fragments

Thoreau H. D., Walden or, life in the woods, 1854 – selected chapters

Leopold A., Sandy County Almanac, Nowy Jork 1981 – selected fragments

Carson R., Silent Spring, Cambridge, MA 1962 – selected fragments

Optional reading:

Árnason Þorvarður, Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland, Linköping 2005.

Attfield R., Environmental Ethics: An Overview for the Twenty-First Century, Cambridge 2003.

Brennan A., Yeuk-Sze L., Environmental Ethics, w: The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, ed. E. N. Zalta, https://plato.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/encyclopedia/archinfo.cgi?entry=ethics-environmental

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics, w: The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics, red. L. Besser-Jones, M. Slote, Nowy Jork 2015, s. 427-444.

Cafaro P., Environmental Virtue Ethics. Special Issue: Introduction, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2010, nr 1-2, s. 3-7.

Dower N., Ethics and Environmental Responsibility, Aldershot 1989.

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Ethics in Poland, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s10806-017-9659-6

Dzwonkowska D., Environmental Virtue Ethics and Sustainability, „Problems of Sustainable Development”, 2018, nr 2, s. 139–146.

Dzwonkowska D., Is Environmental Virtue Ethics Anthropocentric?, “Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics”, DOI: 10.1007/s10806-018-9751-6.

Fortuna P., Wróblewski Z., Gorbaniuk O., The structure and correlates of anthropocentrism as a psychological construct, “Current Psychology, 2021, nr 5, s. 1-13.

Gregory K., Dissertation: Iceland’s Environmental Saga: Motivations for Sustainable Action and Belief; defense Date: March 18th, 2016, Department of Geography, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Gunkel D., The machine question: critical perspective on AI, Robots, and Ethics. Massachusetts, Cambridge MA 2012.

Hill T. Jr., Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving Natural Environment, “Environmental Ethics”, 1983, nr 3, s. 211–224.

Naess A., Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, Cambridge 1989.

Naess A., The case against science, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 9, Dordrecht 2005, s. 145-163.

Naess A., The deep ecology movement: some philosophical aspects, w: The selected works of Arne Naess, H. Glasser , A. Drengson (red.), t. 10, Dordrecht 2005, s. 33-55.

Naess A., The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary, “Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Philosophy and the Social Sciences”, 1973, t. 16, s. 95–100.

Norton B. G., Weak anthropocentrism and environmental ethics, “Environmental Ethics”, 1984, nr 6, 131-148.

Regan T., The case of animal rights, Berkeley 1983.

Rolston III H., Environmental Virtue Ethics: Half the Truth but Dangerous as a Whole, w:, „Environmental Virtue Ethics”, R. Sandler, P. Cafaro (red.), Oxford 2005, s. 61-78.

Rolston III H., Is There an Ecological Ethic?, “Ethics”, 1975, nr 85, 93–109.

Rolston III H., Philosophy Gone Wild: Environmental Ethics, Buffalo 1989.

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