Environmental Ethics (Philosophy 155, Hettinger)

Environmental Ethics
Philosophy 155, Ned Hettinger, Spring 2010

	Syllabus Schedule of Assignments Oral Presentation Schedule 12:15 Oral Presentation Schedule 1:40 *Suggestions for Writing Philosophy Papers	Link to library ereserves course readings Grading Scale * Midterm Study Questions Hettinger Bibliography Paper Assignment and Some Topics *Final Exam Study Questions
READING NOTES	READINGS FOR CLASS	MISCELLANEOUS	IMAGES, AUDIO, VIDEO
Introduction
Jamieson, Ch 1: “Environment as an ethical question”		Urban Blind Spot in Envrionmental Ethics Images: Needles, Canyonlands, Druid Arch Elephant Canyon , Off-road vehicles "The Sixth Extinction" Is Geoengineering the Lesser Evil? Summer's Memo: More Pollution for 3rd World Lynn White, "The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis" Wendell Berry, "Christianity and the Survival of Creation" "Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash"	Videos to help with ecological literacy How we have failed our children The Story of Stuff (on consumption) Sylvia Earle, "The World is Blue: How our Fate and the Oceans are One" Home Worldometer
Are Humans Natural?
Paul Moriarty, “Nature Naturalized: A Darwinian Defense of the Nature/Culture Distinction”		Hettinger and Throop on the Value of Wildness (Naturalness) Seven Ways Not To Think About The Natural	Cumberland Island National Seashore (Georgia)
Wise Use, Anthropocentrism, and an Economic Approach to Environment
Arnold on Environmentalism and "Wise Use" Baxter, The Case for Optimal Pollution	William Baxter, “The Case for Optimal Pollution"	Is the Recession Good for the Environment? "Prosperity without growth" Health Costs of Port Pollution in Charleston Vertical Garden on Building to Save Energy
*Environmental Justice*
Wenz, "Just Garbage" Short outline of above	Peter Wenz, "Just Garbage"	News about government environmental justice policy	Population, Immigration, and Environment
*Property and Environment*
Study questions on Property and the Environment	"Who Owns the Moon?" “Groups push rules for shorter, fewer docks ” "Persuasive case to limit docks” Tragedy of the Commons "Whales for Sale" “‘Takings’ and Property Rights” “Property Rights and ‘Takings’ Legislation”	Ned Hettinger, "Who Owns Nature" Overview of Takings, Property Rights, and Respect for Nature	Georgia group fights docks Red-Cockaded Woodpecker
Environmental Ethics and Animals
The Witness
Jamieson on Speciesism		Animal Consciousness Nussbaum, Facing Animal Complexity	Twilight Zone: To Serve Man
Study questions for oral presentations on some human uses of animals	“California voters pass initiative to modernize food animal production” “New organic rules guarantee pasture for grazers” “Animal Research -- LD50" “Head-Injury Research Using Monkeys” Marc Bekoff, “Thick skins, tender hearts and broken spirits” Susan Freinkel, “Why I Still Believe in the Zoo”	A California Ballot Measure Offers Rights for Farm Animals "States ban practices that support CAFOs" by Union of Concerned Scientists For information on factory framing from "Farm Sanctuary" Animal scientist (Temple Gradin) dedicated to improving animal slaughter Critique of Temple Gradin's work Pew Commission report Putting Meat on The Table: Industrial Farm Animal Production in America *Jamieson, "Zoos Revisited"	Video of Downer Cows at Westland/Hallmark Meat Company Philosophy of Hunting
Singer, All Animals are Equal Jamieson on Singer	Peter Singer, “All Animals are Equal”		PolluterHarmony (humor)
Regan, The Case for Animal Rights Jamieson on Regan Jamieson on Using Animals Jamieson on Killing vs Causing Pain and on Replacing Simple Creatures	Tom Regan, “The Case for Animal Rights”		The Cove: Dolphin slaughter in Japan Endngered Species Condoms CBS on Antibiotic Use in Food Animals Meat.Org
Pollan, An Animal's Place Jamieson on Conscientious Omnivores	Michael Pollan, “An Animal’s Place” "Naturally raised" and "natural" standards for meat will create confusion	A Farm on Every floor: Vertical Farms Ted Kerasote, "Hunting kills fewer animals than eating vegetables"	Food, Inc.
Cohen, Case for Use of Animals in Biomedical Research	Carl Cohen, “The Case for the Use of Animals in Biomedical Research”	"Wild justice among animals: Research shows that animals know right from wrong" "Animals can tell right from wrong" *Nobis response to Cohen	Bower bird building its nest: Aesthetics in nature Bekoff on animal emotions and morality one and two Monkey cooperation and fairness (youtube)
Sagoff, Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce	Mark Sagoff, "Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce"	Conservation's Ethical Tradeoffs Cowan, "Policing Nature" *Raterman, "Lamenting Predation" Jamieson, "Rights of Animals and the Demands of Nature"	Philosophy of Hunting
*Biocentrism*
Taylor, Biocentric Egalitarianism		Albert Schweitzer's Reverence for Life	Rolston-Rollin video debate between biocentrist and sentiocentrist
Taylor, Priority Principles
Jamieson on Biocentrism
Ecocentrism
Questions on Ecocentric Holism vs Individualism	“Species and Individuals” “Harming Plentiful Species to Protect Endangered Species” "Breeding Endangered Species" Sand Diego Zoo on California Condors	1/4 mammals at risk of extinction “Kill the Cat That Kills the Bird?” (full article)	The Precautionary Principle (better to be safe than sorry)
Leopold, "The Land Ethic" Jamieson on Ecocentrism	Aldo Leopold, “Preface to Sand County Almanac” Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic” *“Sued by the forest: Should nature be able to take you to court?”	On Aldo Leopold Equador Constitution Rights for Nature 2008 Cafaro, Species Rights to Exist	The Story of Bottle Water
Valuing Nature and The Value of the Natural			Sounds of the Wild: Barred Owls, Loons, Wolves
Jamieson on Intrinsic Value Jamieson on Ways of Valuing Nature		Rob Loftis (critique of) "Aesthetic Foundations of Environmental Ethics"
Questions on the Meaning and Value of the Natural	Pierce and VanDeVeer, "Do What is Natural You Say?"	J.S. Mill, "On Nature" (selections) Food Fraud	Fake lawn The five least green "green food" claims
Jamieson on Natural Values Jamieson on Natives vs. Exotics		Genetically engineering pain-free food animals	Lovelock: 'We can't save the planet'
Wilderness
Questions on Wilderness	1. "Environmentalists in a clash of goals" (wilderness versus green energy) 2. Tim Egan, "Searching for Eden: The Definition of Wilderness is Increasingly Elusive" . 3. Nieves and Wald, "Interior Department Plans to Reduce Traffic in Yosemite"
Cronon, "The Trouble with Wilderness"	William Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”	,
Climate Change
Global Warming/Climate Change: Some Considerations	William Broad, “From a Rapt Audience, a Call to Cool the Hype”	"As the World Burns" (Rolling Stone on Global Warming Politics) Responses to climate change skepticism Krugman, "Building a Green Economy" (how to afford to tackle climate change) Climate Change Ethics Gardner, "A Perfect Moral Storm" *Gardner, "Ethics and Climate Change"	To What Degree? What Science is Telling us about Climage Change Human Role in Climate Change
Environmental Action
Notes on Environmental Disobedience Study Questions on Environmental Action	“Utah Activist Disrupts Sale of Leases for Drilling” No Impact Man Trailer	Why Better to Drive Electric Car? Hettinger, Environmental Disobedience	How Foie Gras is Produced Colbert interview with Peter Singer on Animals (humor)
Justice and Nature's Future
Jamieson, Ch. 7: Nature's Future		The Population Myth Carless community in Germany If Nature Had Rights Wendell Berry, an earth day poem	Who is the World's Worst Polluter? India loves cars too, but smaller ones