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LevelEnvironmental Ethics (B-KUL-A00C4A)
This course is taught this academic year, but not next year.
Aims
- Familiarizing oneself with the domain of environmental ethics.
- Developing insights into different viewpoints in ecological discussions.
- Stimulating the process of rethinking existing creation theologies by offering alternative views on creation and nature.
- Learning to analyze sustainability problems from a theological hermeneutical viewpoint.
- Acquainting oneself with central theological questions (anthropocentrism/biocentrism/zoocentrism, stewardship/created co-creator, etc.).
Previous knowledge
A basic knowledge of fundamental moral theology is recommended.
Content
- Environmental crisis: presentation and evaluation of technical-economical, idealistic and demographic explicatory theories (White, Attfield, Passmore, Barbour, Santmire, Hardin, Sachs).
- The biblical view on nature/creation and the Christian tradition of the 'dominium terrae'-theory (Labuschagne, Vogels, Van Bavel, Glacken, Deane-Drummond).
- A short historical summary of environmental ethics (Nash, Routley, Allaby, Leopold, Schweitzer).
- Basic environmental attitudes: anthropocentrism/personalism, zoocentrism, and ecocentrism (Sessions, Devall, Taylor, Singer, Zimmermann, Callicott, Fox, Merchant).
- Interspecies morality: in search of a consistent ethics of life (Schockenhoff, VanDeVeer).
- Nature in contemporary creation theologies (Moltmann, Cobb jr., Radford Ruether, Palmer, Fern, Deane-Drummond).
- The strategies of Christian stewardship, ecological spirituality and ecojustice (Jenkins)
- Capita selecta:
- The rights of future generations (Patridge, Ozar, De George, de- Shalit).
- Sustainability and sustainable development (van Dieren, World Watch Institute, Pearce, Daly, Hardin).
- Animals and their rights (Singer, Regan, Rollin, Fox, Feinberg, McCloskey, Clark, Linzey, Appleby).
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Articles and literature
Toledo / e-platform
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Is also included in other courses
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4.0 ects. Environmental Ethics (B-KUL-A00C4a)
Content
* Environmental crisis: presentation and evaluation of technical-economical, idealistic and demographic explicatory theories (White, Attfield, Passmore, Barbour, Santmire, Hardin, Sachs).
* The biblical view on nature/creation and the Christian tradition of the 'dominium terrae'-theory (Labuschagne, Vogels, Van Bavel, Glacken, Deane-Drummond).
* A short historical summary of environmental ethics (Nash, Routley, Allaby, Leopold, Schweitzer).
* Basic environmental attitudes: anthropocentrism/personalism, zoocentrism, and ecocentrism (Sessions, Devall, Taylor, Singer, Zimmermann, Callicott, Fox, Merchant).
* Interspecies morality: in search of a consistent ethics of life (Schockenhoff, VanDeVeer).
* Nature in contemporary creation theologies (Moltmann, Cobb jr., Radford Ruether, Palmer, Fern, Deane-Drummond).
* The strategies of Christian stewardship, ecological spirituality and ecojustice (Jenkins)
Capita selecta:
* The rights of future generations (Patridge, Ozar, De George, de- Shalit).
* Sustainability and sustainable development (van Dieren, World Watch Institute, Pearce, Daly, Hardin).
* Animals and their rights (Singer, Regan, Rollin, Fox, Feinberg, McCloskey, Clark, Linzey, Appleby).
Aims
* Familiarizing oneself with the domain of environmental ethics.
* Developing insights into different viewpoints in ecological discussions.
* Stimulating the process of rethinking existing creation theologies by offering alternative views on creation and nature.
* Learning to analyze sustainability problems from a theological hermeneutical viewpoint.
* Acquainting oneself with central theological questions (anthropocentrism/biocentrism/zoocentrism, stewardship/created co-creator, etc.).
Course material
Course notes (available at Katechetika's Notes service)
