PHI119   Climate Ethics   (20 credits)

Description

This course will introduce you to the challenging moral and political issues raised by climate change: how should the burden of reducing global emissions be shared among states? In what condition must we leave the world for future generations? Do individuals have duties to reduce their personal emissions in the absence of assurance that others will do likewise? What 'green virtues' might there be? What is the relative importance of action against climate change compared against other morally important goals? We'll cover a range of ideas from different disciplines, and you'll learn both how to defend and criticize arguments relating to environmental activism, and what actions might be required to mitigate climate change.

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