Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the key concepts environmental ethics is based on;
  • List the main environmental ethics approaches and viewpoints;
  • Relate concepts in environmental ethics to various religious teachings and beliefs throughout the world;
  • Explain how moral attitudes towards the natural world have changed over time;
  • Identify key events in the history of the environmental ethics movement;
  • Identify important pioneers in the environmental ethics movement;
  • Explain why certain social groups are at greater risk of experiencing the effects of environmental injustice;
  • Describe the major environmental laws passed throughout the world, in particular those implemented in the United States and the European Union.