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    COURSE INTRODUCTION
    Course Syllabus
    Unit 1: Ethics and the Environment
    1.1: Overview of Ethics
    What is Ethics? Basic Ethical Concepts
    The Origins of Western Thought: Socrates and Plato
    What is the Difference Between Ethics and Morals?
    Ethics: Current and Future Challenges
    Ethics in Complementary and Alternative Medicine
    Metaethics
    An Introduction to Ethical Reasoning
    Normative Ethics
    Virtue Ethics
    Deontology
    Applied Ethics
    1.1 Discussion
    1.2: Environmental Ethics
    Ecosystem Services: Economics
    Introduction to Environmental Ethics
    Does Nature Have Intrinsic Value?
    Non-Western Perspectives on Environmental Ethics
    Altruism
    Public and Private Goods: The Tragedy of the Commons
    Traditional Ecological Knowledge for Application by Service Scientists
    Radiometric Dating
    Are Climate Change Deniers Committing Crimes Against Humanity?
    Climate Ethics and the Copenhagen Accord
    Ethics and Moral Status
    The Struggle for Animal Rights
    Animal Rights
    Unit 1 Assessment
    Unit 1 Assessment
    Unit 2: Environmental Ethics Approaches and World Views
    2.1: Introduction to Environmental Ethics and Approaches
    Introduction to Environmental Ethics
    Anthropocentric vs. Non-Anthropocentric Environmental Ethics
    Anthropocentrism
    Confronting Anthropocentrism
    Biocentrism
    Paul Taylor and Biocentric Egalitarianism
    Ecocentrism
    Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
    Defining Deep Ecology
    Deep Ecology
    The Gaia Hypothesis
    From Gaia Theory to Deep Ecology
    The Gaia Hypothesis
    2.1 Discussion
    2.2: Utilitarian Conservation and Biocentric Preservation
    Utilitarian-Based Land Ethic
    Relationships Between People and Animals
    Sustainable Development and Philosophies of Technology
    2.3: Religious Views of the Environment
    The Historical and Cultural Basis of the Current Environmental Situation
    Religion and the Environment
    The Ancients and Nature
    Environmental History between Science and Philosophy
    The Value of Indigenous Ways of Knowing
    A Christian View on the Environment
    Ownership and Stewardship of the Environment
    What does Buddhism Teach about Ecology?
    Buddhist Scriptures and Teachings
    Reflections on a Buddhist Environmentalism
    Jewish Perspectives on the Modern Environmental Movement
    Man and Ecology: An Islamic Perspective
    Hinduism and Environmental Conservation
    Hindu Scripture and Ecology
    Sikhism and the Environment
    2.3 Discussion
    Unit 2 Assessment
    Unit 2 Assessment
    Unit 3: Environmental Ethics History and Its Pioneers
    3.1: The History and Key Events of the Environmental Ethics Movement
    The Historical Influences on the Modern Environmental Movement
    The Human Dimensions of Sustainability: History, Culture, Ethics
    Timeline of European Environmental History, Part 1: Prehistory and Antiquity
    Timeline of European Environmental History, Part 2: Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
    Timeline of European Environmental History, Part 3: Industrial Revolution and the 20th Century
    How the First Earth Day Came About
    What The First Earth Day Can Teach Us About Sharing
    The Environment Since 1970
    Solving the Smog Puzzle on Earth and from Space
    Europe's Environmental Achievements
    Ecofeminism
    Inspirations from Marti Kheel's Ecofeminist Ethics of Care
    Climate Change and Sustainability
    Definitions of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
    3.1 Discussion
    3.2: The Key Pioneers of the Environmental Ethics Movement
    Biography of John Muir
    History of the National Park Service
    The Sierra Club
    Theodore Roosevelt
    A Very Brief History of the Bureau of Reclamation
    The National Wildlife Refuge System
    Aldo Leopold
    Aldo Leopold's Life and Work
    A Sand County Almanac
    The Land Ethic
    History of the First Chief of the U.S. Forest Service
    The Greatest Good
    History of the U.S. Forest Service
    The Fires of 1910
    DDT
    Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
    3.3: Formation of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA)
    The Origins of the EPA
    Unit 3 Assessment
    Unit 3 Assessment
    Unit 4: Environmental Justice
    4.1: Environmental Justice
    What is Environmental Justice?
    Plato: The State and the Soul
    Environmental and Social Justice
    Healing from the Effects of Internalized Oppression
    Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Environmental and Social Justice
    Ethical Issues and Environmental Justice
    Principles of Environmental Justice
    4.1 Discussion
    4.2: Environmental Injustices throughout the World
    Environmental Justice
    The Chevron Oil Refinery Fire
    4.3: The Environmental Rights Movement
    Human Rights, Health, and Environmental Protection
    UN Conference on the Human Environment
    Environmental Law
    Modern Environmental Management
    Models for Protecting the Environment for Future Generations
    Greening the Ghetto
    Unit 4 Assessment
    Unit 4 Assessment
    Unit 5: Environmental Law
    5.1: History of Environmental Law
    Environmental Law History Timeline
    History of the EPA
    5.2: Environmental Law in the United States
    Environmental Laws and Regulations
    NEPA, the National Environmental Policy Act
    Summary of the Clean Air Act
    The Meaning of the 1977 Clean Water Act
    Overview of the Endangered Species Act
    Environmental Law and Treaties
    5.2 Discussion
    5.3: Environmental Law in the European Union
    Environmental Assessment
    The European Union and Supranationalism
    A Healthy and Sustainable Environment for Future Generations
    5.4: The Impact of Environmental Law
    Has Policy Improved Europe's Air Quality?
    Point Source Pollution and Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
    Hinkley Groundwater Contamination
    One More Failed U.S. Environmental Policy
    5.5: The Future of Environmental Law
    What Future for International Environmental Law?
    Global Environmental Protection in the 21st Century
    Unit 5 Assessment
    Unit 5 Assessment
    Study Guide
    ENVS203 Study Guide
    Course Feedback Survey
    Course Feedback Survey
    Certificate Final Exam
    ENVS203: Certificate Final Exam
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