| Dato | Undervises av | Sted | Tema | Kommentarer / ressurser |
| 10.03.2009 | Per Ariansen ? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | VALUES: Environmental issues involve values and value conflicts. We shall examine the concept(s) of value in general and in relation to the environment. ? | Readings: John O’Neill, ”The Varieties of Intrinsic Value” (L&R, III.10); Holmes Rolston, “Value in Nature and the Nature of Value” (ibid. 11); Bryan G. Norton, “Environmental Ethics and Weak Anthropocentrism” (ibid. 13); Eugene Hargrove, ”Weak Anthropocentric Intrinsic Value” (ibid. 14); Briefly on Deep Ecology (see V.19, 20). Per Ariansen, “And I shall tell you who you are” (Compendium)? |
| 12.03.2009 | Espen Gamlund ? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00? | Seminar: Values? | Readings: John O’Neill, ”The Varieties of Intrinsic Value” (L&R, III.10); Holmes Rolston, “Value in Nature and the Nature of Value” (ibid. 11); Bryan G. Norton, “Environmental Ethics and Weak Anthropocentrism” (ibid. 13); Eugene Hargrove, ”Weak Anthropocentric Intrinsic Value” (ibid. 14); Briefly on Deep Ecology (see V.19, 20). Per Ariansen, “And I shall tell you who you are” (Compendium)? |
| 17.03.2009 | Per Ariansen ? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | MORAL STATUS: Of special interest are values that on a moral basis oblige and protect. A major issue in environmental philosophy is whether, and in what manner, animals and other non-humans link to such moral values. ? | Readings: Peter Singer, ”For Humans only: The Place of Nonhumans in Environmental Issues” (L&R, II.4); Tom Regan: ”Animal Rights: What's in a Name? with a brief extract from The Case for Animal Rights” (ibid. 5); Paul Taylor, ”The Ethics of Respect for Nature” (ibid. 6)? |
| 19.03.2009 | Espen Gamlund? | SUM, 4th floor. 14.15-16.00? | Seminar: Moral Status? | Readings: Peter Singer, ”For Humans only: The Place of Nonhumans in Environmental Issues” (L&R, II.4); Tom Regan: ”Animal Rights: What's in a Name? with a brief extract from The Case for Animal Rights” (ibid. 5); Paul Taylor, ”The Ethics of Respect for Nature” (ibid. 6)? |
| 24.03.2009 | Per Ariansen ? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | ENVIRONMENTAL PRAGMATISM: The differences over the issue of moral status drove participants into two camps: anthropocentrists versus non-anthropocentrists. Proponents of environmental pragmatism challenge the fruitfulness of this distinction. ? | Readings: Bryan Norton: “Integration or Reduction: Two Approaches to Environmental Values” (Compendium.); Katie McShane: Anthropcentrism Versus Non-anthropcentrism: Why Should We care? (ibid.), Katie McShane, “Why Environmental Ethics shouldn’t give up on Intrinsic Value”. (ibid.)? |
| 31.03.2009 | Espen Gamlund? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | THE ETHICS OF CLIMATE: In the 70’ies environmental ethics was presented as a respons to dangers of pollution and of resource depletion, Today the dominant issue is the expected climate change.? | Readings: Stephen Gardiner, “A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and The problem of Moral Corruption” (Compendium); Stephen Gardiner, “Ethics and Global Climate Change” (ibid.) ? |
| 02.04.2009 | Espen Gamlund ? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | Seminar: The Ethics of Climate? | Readings: Stephen Gardiner, “A Perfect Moral Storm: Climate Change, Intergenerational Ethics and The problem of Moral Corruption” (Compendium); Stephen Gardiner, “Ethics and Global Climate Change” (ibid.) ? |
| 14.04.2009 | Espen Gamlund? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | FUTURE GENERATIONS: Environmental degradation is often unevenly distributed. What special moral and philosophical issues are raised if the harm will strike those that will be born in the future?? | Readings: Kristian Skagen Ekeli, “Environmental Risks, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Ethics.” (Compendium). John Broome, “Discounting the Future” (ibid.) Ernest Partridge, “On the Rights of Future Generations” (ibid.); Brian Barry, “Sustainability and intergenerational Justice”. (L&R, VII.38)? |
| 16.04.2009 | Espen Gamlund and Per Ariansen? | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 ? | Time buffer and occasion to review topics. ? | The EXAM will be handed out at the lecture and published in fronter.? |
| 27.04.2009 | ? | ? | EXAM? | Exam paper to be handed in before 16.00 ? |
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