by Katie Kerbel
Paper assignment and topics
Suggestions for Writing Your Philosophy Paper
Elements of Style (for improving your writing)
Evaluate this course here
**FINAL EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS ARE HERE**
by Cara Lauria
Oral presentation schedules
155.001 155.002
Answer key midterm exam
Explanation of quiz scores
Reading Assignments
Justice and Nature’s Future
Monday, Dec 7: Jamieson, 196-205 (on “Visions of the future”)
Wed, Dec 9, 4pm, Science Auditorium, SSMB 129
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Friday, Dec 4: Jamieson, pp. 181-196 (on “Travails of the biosphere” and “Questions of justice”)
Fossil Fuel-Free Portfolios by Greg Garvan and Brady Quirk-Garvan
Meeting of local Sierra Club
Thurs., December 3, 2015, 7 pm 284 Calhoun St., Baruch Auditorium (MUSC)
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Environmental Activism
Wednesday, Dec 2: Oral Presentations (8) on Environmental Action
No Impact Man trailer and Lessons from Low Impact Week
Derrick Jensen, “Forget Shorter Showers” (if interested, see also: The Story of Change – Video)
Peter Singer “Ends and Means”
Wendell Berry, Speech Against the State Government and Mountain Top Removal
Sierra, "Would You Ever Break The Law in Support of an Environmental Goal?"
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION
Fake Ads at Climate Conference
Animal rights 'terrorists'? Legality of industry-friendly law to be challenged
Sea Shepherd's: A Renegade Trawler, Hunted for 10,000 Miles by Vigilantes
Monday, Nov 30: William Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”
Paris Climate Conference opens today
WILDERNESS
Saving Wild Places in the Anthropocene, Science Friday (Audio) with William Cronon
Don't Tinker with the 1964 Wilderness Act
The Wildernist
A student conservation magazine based out of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Monday, Nov 23: Oral Presentation (7) on wilderness
Rethinking the Wild: The Wilderness Act Is Facing a Mid-life Crisis
Eco-millionaire's land grab prompts fury
John Perry, “The Nature of Wilderness”
The Wilderness Paradox (A 4 page article)
Friday, Nov 20: Jamieson, pp 162-168 (on “Natural values”)
Meaning and Value of the Natural and Wild
Wednesday, Nov 18: Oral Presentations (6) on Managing Nature
Sierra, To What Extent Should Humans Manage Nature If At All?
Jamieson, pp., 169-171 (on “Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep versus mountain lions”)
Marris et al, Hope in the Age of Man (The Anthropocene)
Erle Ellis on Anthropocene and human created nature (8 min video)
Holmes Rolston, “Managing The Planet”
Monday, Nov 16
Jamieson, pp. 68-75 ( on “Intrinsic value”)
Jamieson, pp. 153-162 (on “Valuing reconsidered,” “The plurality of values,” and “Aesthetic values”)
“How to Get a Job Saving the Planet: Sustainability Careers in Business, NGOs, & Government” by Eban Goodstein
Tuesday, Nov 17th, 3-4pm, Addlestone Library, Rm 227
Free Quiz Opportunity
“New Rules for Climate Protection: Student & Citizen Action to Change the Future” by Eban Goodstein
Tuesday, Nov 17th, 7-9pm Arnold Hall @ the Jewish Studies Building (corner of Glebe/Wentworth)
Free Quiz Opportunity
Nov 11: Oral Presentations (5) on the meaning and value of the natural
Do what is natural, you say? (reading begins on bottom of page)
Saving a Drowning Buffalo or Letting Nature Take its Course?
Niagara Falls: America's Most Unnatural Wonder
Bill McKibben’s “The End of Nature?”
The use of terms like 'natural' is “one of the most copious sources of false taste, false philosophy, false morality and even bad law” ( J.S. Mill:)
The Technological Education of a Luddite (watching Old Faithful blow via webcam)
Monday, Nov 9:
Franzen, "Carbon Capture: Has climate change made it harder for people to care about conservation?"
Friday, Nov 6: Henry Shue, “Deadly Delays, Saving Opportunities: Creating a More Dangerous World?”
Climate
Ski Dubai Indoor skiing (a look at the future?)
Politicians Debating Global Warming
Sculpture by Isaac Cordal
Which Sea Level Rise Will We Lock In?
Alaska wants more oil drilling to pay for global warming
Rolling Stone Interview with President Obama about Climate
Wednesday, Nov 4
Jamieson, pp. 175-180 (on “Natives versus exotics”)
Native vs Exotic Species
Sierra Club Meeting, Carmen Ketron, MUSC Urban Farm Manager
Thurs., Nov. 5, 7 pm, 284 Calhoun
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Exotic Asian Carp (video)
Monday, Nov 2: Holmes Rolston, Duties to Endangered Species
Extinction
The Science
Earth has lost half of its wildlife in the past 40 years
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction, Broad Study Says
Collapse of the world’s largest herbivores
The Sixth Mass Extinction is Here, say Stanford researchers
Philosophy
Respecting Evolution (Brian Norton)
De-Extinction: "Extinct Species Should Stay Extinct"
"…Children are disappearing from the outdoors at a rate that would make them top of any conservationist’s list of endangered species if they were any other member of the animal kingdom."
Tim Gill, British play advocate in The Ecologist
Aesthetics
Maya Lin's What is Missing?
Ecocentrism
Sustainble Seafood Greenbag
Friday, Oct 30, 12-1, Stern Ctr Ballroom
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Thursday, Oct 29: Paper proposal due by email (hettingern@cofc.edu)
On Nietzsche's Will to Power and Environmentalism (I hope)
Maudemarie Clark, Colgate University
Thursday, Oct 29, 6:30, Alumni Hall, Randolph Hall
(Free Quiz Opportunity)
Additional Cowspiracy Showing, Thursday, October 29, 7 pm
Gage Hall, 4 Archdale
Wednesday, Oct 28
Aldo Leopold, “Preface to Sand County Almanac”
Aldo Leopold “The Land Ethic”
Rights for Nature?
Sued by the Forest: Should Nature Be Able to Take You To Court?
Equador Constitution Rights for Nature 2008
Congress Against Nature (2015)
Monday, Oct 26: Oral Presentations (4) on ecocentric holism vs. individualism
Roger Caras, “There are Two Ways of Looking at it”
“States Seek Ok to Kill Sea Lions”
“Kill the Cat That Kills the Bird?” (Full article link on right)
Can Hunting Endangered Animals Save Species? (14 minutes video)
Jamieson, pp. 172-175 (on “Feral goats versus endemic plants”)
Biocentrism
Nature does not need us, we need nature (2 min video)
Wednesday, Oct 21: Paul Taylor, “Priority Principles”
Monday (and Tuesday) Oct 19 & 20: Fall Break
Dogs Lazy or Dumb Compared to Ancestor Wolves
Major Myths about the Environment
by Peter Kareiva (read carefully and be skeptical)
Friday, Oct 16: Paul Taylor,
“The Ethics of Respect for Nature” (long article)
Wednesday, Oct 14: Midterm Exam
Cowspiracy Film Showing
Thursday, Oct 15, 7-9, SSMB 129
(Free quiz opportunity)
Can Free Markets Save the Environment?
Wednesday, October 14, 5pm, Tate 202 (School of Business)
(Free quiz opportunity)
Monday, Oct 12
Mark Sagoff, “Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce”
Predation
Lion eating buffalo alive (In class video)
Jeffrey McMahan, “The Meat Eaters”
The Rhino Hunter
Radiolab (audio) Defense of Trophy Hunting
(minutes 39-42, Richard Leakey's objection)
Moral Behavior of Animals?
Animal Social Behavior: Orangutan and Hound Dog
Goose/Human friendship
Do monkeys have a sense of fairness?
Frans de Waal: Moral behavior in animals
Marc Bekoff, Animals can tell right from wrong
Friday Oct 9:
Michael Pollan, “An Animal’s Place”
Jamieson, pp. 131-144 (on “The conscientious omnivore, vegetarians and vegans, and animals and other values”)
Ted Kerasote on Vegetable Farming vs Hunting
PhilosoFest This Friday, Saturday on Campus
Over 80% of Americans believe Nature has Intrinsic Value
Bill McKibben, "The Only Way to Have a Cow"
Forks Over Knives (Film), Thurs, Oct 8, Addlestone Library 227, 7pm
(Free quiz opportunity)
"Current Conservation Priorities for South Carolina"
Benton Wislinski, Lobbyist and Conservation Coordinator S.C. Sierra Club,Thurs, Oct 1,7 pm MUSC Baruch Auditorium, 284 Calhoun Street
(Free quiz opportunity)
There may be flowing water on Mars. But is there intelligent life on Earth? George Monbiot
Anti-Recycling Opinion Piece
(Ignores main reason to recycle: Take less from Earth)
Wednesday, Sep 30:
Tom Regan, “The Case for Animal Rights”
Jamieson, pp. 116-120 (on “Regan’s rights theory”)
Monday, Sep 28:
Peter Singer, “All Animals are Equal”
Jamieson, pp. 112-116 (on “Singer’s animal liberation”)
Friday, Sep 25: Oral Presentations (3) on Other Uses of Animals
Animal Experimentation: “In U.S., Few Alternatives to Testing on Animals”
Hunting: Douglas Chadwick, “The American Hunting Myth”
Fishing: If Fish Could Scream (Peter Singer on Fishing Methods)
Zoos: Susan Freinkel, “Why I Still Believe in the Zoo,” Marc Bekoff, “Thick skins, tender hearts and broken spirits,” and Ringling Brothers Circus to End Use of Elephants
Is Fishing More Problematic than Hunting?
An Alternative to Animal Testing
Wednesday, Sep 23: Oral Presentations (2) on Using Animal for Food
Nicholas Kristoff, “Can We See Our Hypocrisy to Animals?”
U.S. Research Lab Lets Livestock Suffer in Quest for Profit
Walmart Pushes for Improved Animal Welfare
Give Thanks for Meat (Pro eating meat essay contest winner; if interested see also other finalists essays)
Sierra, "Can You Eat Meat and Consider Yourself an Environmentalist?" (for oral presenter, I recommend reading ahead – Jamieson 121-125)
McDonald's to Switch to Cage-Free Eggs
Eat Only What You Kill?
Jamieson, pp. 102-112 (on “Speciesism”)
“Race and Urban Planning: The North, The South”
3:00 p.m. on Mon, Sept 21, in Admissions Auditorium
(Free quiz opportunity)
What is Wrong with Speciesism?
Shelly Kagan lecture (audio)
McMahan interviewing Kagan on Speciesism
Friday, Sep 18:
“The Witness”
(In class movie)
Wed, Sep 16: Oral Presentations (1) on Owning Nature, Property Rights, and Takings
“Property Rights and ‘Takings’ Legislation”
Andrew Kahrl, “Beaches Are an American Right and Environmental Necessity”
Reed Watson, “Allow the Free Market to Protect the Environment”
'Claim the Sky' by Claiming Our Common Property Rights and Establishing an Atmospheric Trust
Property and Environment
"This Land is Our Land"
(About hiking Pacific Crest Trail and the wonders of free access to America's vast public lands)
OIL AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST
Don't Drill S.C. Lowcountry
Flyer
Tuesday, Sept 15, 6:30, 32 Patriot's Point Rd
(Free quiz opportunity)
Protect our Coast: No Offshore Oil Drilling
The Great Invisible (film trailer on Deep Water Horizon Oil Disaster)
Post and Courier editorial on dangers of SC offshore oil drilling
Fall 2015 Garden Apprentice Application due Wednesday, Sept 16 (noon)
About Green Fee Fund
Monday, Sep 14: Peter Wenz, “Just Garbage”
Friday, Sep 11: Pope Francis on Environment
“Faith and Science Can Find Common Ground”
Religion and Environment
Barry Lopez talk and reception
Thursday, Sept 10th, 7pm, Charleston Museum, 360 Meeting St.
(Free quiz opportunity)
Interview with Lopez
**Now Free for Students**
Call the Birds of Prey Center (the sponsor) and reserve a ticket at Will Call by speaking with Kara in the office at 843-971-7474
Wed, Sep 9: Two readings
Lynn White, “The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis”
Jamieson, “Religion and Worldviews” 20-22
Anthropocentrism and an Economic Approach to Environment
Economics and Environment
Survey to support (or oppose) bike/ped lane on Ashley river bridge
About the Ashley river bridge bike and pedestrian lane
Critiques of Environmentalism
Arnold's Critique of Environmentalism
Peter Kareiva, Environmentalist Critique of Environmentalism (7 minute video)
The Breakthrough Institute
Ecomodernism
Decoupling as Conservation Strategy by Breakthrough Institute
Green Projects are a U.N. Plot?
Where Some See "Smart Growth," Other See U.N. Plot
Kansas bill would ban sustainable development spending
Other
Mon, Aug 31: Paul Veach Moriarty, “Nature Naturalized: A Darwinian Defense of the Nature/Culture Distinction”
Friday, Aug 28: Dale Jamieson, Ethics and the Environment: An Introduction, pp. 1-13
Dale Jamieson webpage
Jamieson in the New York Times
Jamieson and Singer on "Reason in a Dark Time"
(56 min video)
Graphs of Environmental Degradation and Human Expansion
China starts televising the sunrise on giant TV screens because Beijing is so clouded in smog
Air Pollution Killing 4,000 a Day in China
George Monbiot, How Wolves Change Rivers (4 ½ min in class video)
About the Ocean "Garbage Patches"
A Taste of Plastic
A recent study found that people ingest as many as 11,000 plastic particles per year in their food, and that those who eat a lot of seafood may be consuming much more than that
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CLIMATE
ANIMALS
FREE MARKET ENVIRONMENTALISM
'Claim the sky' by claiming our common property rights and establishing an atmospheric trust.