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EVSS 695:003, Special Topics: Environmental Philosophy
Ned Hettinger, Spring 2011

	Syllabus Possible final exam questions Searchable bibliography on Environmental Philosophy Philosopher's Index (via Library)	Schedule Presentations Schedule for Major Paper Assignment
Class Notes	Readings for Class	Miscellaneous	Miscellaneous
	Emvironmental Aesthetics
Sunday, April 23, Paper Draft Monday May 2, Final Exam, 12-3 Wedesday May 4, Final Paper
Monday, April 25 Parsons, Environmental Art	Parsons, Ch 8: Nature in the Garden (114-127) and Parsons, Ch 9: Art in Nature (128-140)		Rivers and Tides, Art of Andy Goldsworthy (video, poor quality)
Wednesday, April 20 Parsons, Aesthetic Preservationism	Parsons, Ch 7: Aesthetics and the Preservation of Nature (95-113) (Lauren)
Monday, April 18: Parsons, Pluralism Parsons, Engagement	Parsons, Ch 5: Pluralism (66-80) and Parsons, Ch 6: Nature and the Disembodied Aesthetic (81-94)		Glenn Parsons
Wednesday, April 13: Parsons, Formalism Parsons, Science Approach	Parsons, Ch 3: Formalism (34-48) and Parsons, Ch 4: Science and Nature Aesthetics (49-65)
Monday, April 11: Parsons, Ch 1 and Ch 2	Glenn Parsons, Aesthetics and Nature Ch 1: Approaching the Philosophy of Natural Beauty (1-17) and Parsons, Ch 2: Imagination, Belief, and the Aesthetics of Nature (18-33)
	Climate Ethics
Wednesday, April 6: Sinnott-Armstrong, Not My Fault	Walter Sinnott-Armstrong, “It’s Not My Fault”
Monday, April 4: Singer, One Atmosphere	Peter Singer “One Atmosphere” (Kathryn)		Geoengineering Christopher Preston, "Re-Thinking the Unthinkable: Environmental Ethics and the Presumptive Argument Against Geoengineering" (draft)
Friday-weekend: Paper summary and literature review
Wednesday, Mar 30: Gardner, Ethics and Climate Change Caney, Climate Change, Human Rights, Moral Thresholds	Wednesday, Mar 30 Stephen Gardner, “Ethics and Global Climate Change” Simon Caney, “Climate Change, Human Rights, and Moral Thresholds" (Liah)		Bjorn Lomborg, Skeptic
Monday, Mar 28: Barry, Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice	Future Generations Brian Barry, “Sustainability and Intergenerational Justice” (Samantha)
Wed, Mar 23: Wenz, Consumerism and Human Nature	The Critique of Consumption Peter Wenz, “Personal Choices, Consumerism, and Human Nature” (Kathryn)	Juliet Schor, "Clothes Encounter" (enviornmentall and socially conscientious consuming) Juliet Schor, "Tackling Turbo Consumption"	Juliet Schor web site Affluenza Video
Monday, Mar 21: Jamieson, Nature's Future	Nature's Future Jamieson, Ch 7, Nature's Future 181-205	World Population Growth Who is World's Worst Polluter? Will America move toward increased energy efficiency?	Dale Jamieson
Friday, Mar 18: Paper proposal due (topic and what articles you will use) Schedule for Major Paper Assignment
Wednesday, March 16: Rolston, Feeding People vs Saving Nature Attfield's response	Humans versus Nature? Holmes Rolston, “Feeding People vs Saving Nature" (Nick) Robin Attfield, “Saving Nature, Feeding People, and Ethics”	Oxfam fact sheet on world hunger	Holmes Rolston, III
Monday, March 14: Cronon, "The Trouble with Wilderness" Key points Cronon Foreman, Defense of Wilderness	Wilderness: Critique and Defense William Cronon, “The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature”(Gwyn) Dave Foreman, “Wilderness Areas for Real”	Critiques of Wilderness Ramachandra Guha, "The Authoritarian Biologist and the Arrogance of Anti-Humanism: Wildlife Conservation in the Third World" J. Baird Callicott, Contemporary Criticisms of the Received Wilderness Idea	about Dave Foreman Cronon is a board members of Wilderness Society More on Cronon
Spring Break
Friday, March 4th: Paper due
Wednesday, March 2nd Hettinger, Exotic Species	Exotic Species Jamieson, Ch 6: Natives vs Exotics, pp. 175-180 Mark Woods and Paul Veatch Moriarty, "Strangers in a Strange Land: The Problem of Exotic Species" Ned Hettinger, "Exotic Species, Naturalisation, and Biological Nativism"	Carl Zimmer, "Friendly Invaders" NY Times (2008)
Monday, Feb 28: Jamieson on Natural Values Thompson on Responsibility for the End of Nature	The Value and End of Nature Jamieson, Ch 6: On “Natural values” and “Conflicts and Tradeoffs,” pp 162-175 Allen Thompson, “Responsibility for the End of Nature: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Global Warming” (Lauren)
	Convergence Hypothesis
Wednesday, Feb 23: Rolston, Converging versus Reconstituting	Holmes Rolston, “Converging versus Reconstituting Environmental Ethics” Bryan Norton’s response to Rolston
Moday, Feb 21: Minteer, Introduction McShane, Anthropocentrism vs Nonanthropocentrism	Ben Minteer, Introduction to Nature in Common? Katie McShane, “Anthropocentrism vs Nonanthopocentrism: Why Should we Care?” (Gwyn)
Friday, Feb 18: 1st paper proposal/description due
Feb 16: Jamieson on Intrinsic Value Jamieson on Ways of Valuing Nature Hill, Finding Value in Nature Elliot, Instrumental Value as Basis for Intrinsic Value	Valuing Nature Jamieson, “Intrinsic value” pp. 68-75 and “Valuing reconsidered,” “The plurality of values,” and “Aesthetic values” pp. 153-162 Thomas Hill, “Finding Value in Nature” Robert Elliot, “Instrumental Value in Nature as a Basis for the Intrinsic Value of Nature as a Whole”
Feb 14: Jamieson on Biocentrism Jamieson on Ecocentrism Leopold's Land Ethic Callicott on the Land Ethic	Jamieson, Ch 6 on Biocentrism and Ecocentrism, pp. 145-153 Ecocentrism Preface from A Sand County Almanac & Aldo Leopold, “The Land Ethic” (1947) (Nick) J. Baird Callicott, “The Land Ethic”	about Aldo Leopold
Feb 9: Raterman, “An Environmentalist’s Lament on Predation” Jeff McMahan, The Meat Eaters Tyler Cowen, Policing Nature	Tyler Cowen, "Policing Nature" Ty Raterman, "An Environmentalist’s Lament on Predation" Jeffery McMahon, “The Meat Eaters” (Liah)	Hyena
Feb 2 & 7: McLean, Being Human is a Moral Concept Jamieson, Ch 5: Humans and Other Animals	Douglas McLean, "Is Being Human a Moral Concept?" (pp. 16-20)
Jan 31: Hourdequin, Doing, Allowing, Precaution	Marion Hourdequin, "Doing, Allowing, and Precaution"	Jonathan Wiener website (Risk-Tradeoff Analysis advocate)
Jan 26: Hursthouse, Env Virtue Ethics Jamieson, Ch 4, Normative Ethics	Rosalind Hursthouse, “Environmental Virtue Ethics"
Jan 24: Moriarity, Nature Naturalized White, Historical Roots of Ecologic Crisis Jamieson, An American Paradox	Paul Moriarty, "Nature Naturalized: A Darwinian Defense of the Nature/Culture Distinction" Lynn White, “On the Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis” Jamieson, "An American Paradox"	Wendell Berry, "Christianity and the Survival of Creation" Wendell Berry Joins Retired Coal Miners and Residents in Kentucky Rising Capitol Sit-in	Hettinger and Throop "On the Value of Wildness/Naturalness
Jan 19 Jamieson, Ch 1: Environment as an Ethical Question Gunn, Rethinking Communities	Alastair Gunn, "Rethinking Communities: Environmental Ethics in an Urbanized World"	Editorial: Cram People Into Cities and Save the Earth	Readings on Environmental Ethics and Built Environment Andrew Light, "The Urban Blind Spot in Environmental Ethics"

Future Readings	Future Readings	Future Readings	Future Readings


			Representing Nature John O’Neill, “Who Speaks for Nature
	Monday, April 25 Parsons, Ch 8: Nature in the Garden (114-127) and Parsons, Ch 9: Art in Nature (128-140)