HEN419 Environmental Ethics

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2001
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 7 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Dita Wickins Dražilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Hana Librová, CSc.
Department of Environmental Studies – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Eva Danielová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
HEN401 Environmental Humaniteies
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The theoretical starting point of the course and basis for discussion will be Erazim Kohák's book The Green Halo (Slon Publishing House, 1998). Through this book we shall become acquainted with the principal contemporary concepts of ecological ethics. Some tensions between them will be discussed. The course will also cover 'shallow' and 'deep' ecology, the conception of extended rights, the conception of evolutionary ethics, the ethics of ecosystem protection in contrast to the ethics of compassion and the protection of handicapped individuals, the protection of wildlife in contrast to protection of the cultural landscape, the metaphor of "the life boat", Schweitzer's "respect for life", Christian environmental ethics in the metaphor of stewardship and in the parable of the hunter and the shepherd. We shall discuss the question of whether a hierarchy of organisms exists in nature and what it means for environmental ethics. The inner contradiction of environmental ethics in relation to developing countries and population issues will also be mentioned. We shall consider the relevant dichotomy of the classification "anthropocentric and biocentric ethics" and the role of rationalism and emotionalism in formulating and living by environmental ethics. In this context we shall explore the so-called new spirituality and ecofeminism.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on course enrolment limitations: Zapisuje student, který absolvoval HEN401. Kurz se otevírá při 5 a více přihlášených studentech.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2000.
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