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14253-01 - Seminar: Environmental Ethics and Intergenerational Justice (3 CP)
| Semester | fall semester 2017 |
| Course frequency | Every fall sem. |
| Lecturers | Barbara Schmitz (barbara.schmitz@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The central questions of environmental ethics concern the moral obligations we have towards protecting our natural environment. How can these obligations be rationally justified? What do they include? Physiocentric approaches suppose that the value of protecting our environment is not just based on human interests. In contrast, anthropocentric approaches completely explain the obligation to conserve the nonhuman nature by reference to the interests of human beings who for example have a need for an undestroyed environment as an economical ressource or as an area for their relaxation. These different approaches will be discussed in the first part of the course. Sustainable development is aiming at the protection of the economical and ecological conditions of the good life of future generations. By serving this goal environmental ethics becomes part of an ethics concerning our responsibility for the future. In the second part of the course different readings of this responsibility will be discussed. In this context, it will also be examined in which way our obligation to protect our environment can be justified by the idea of justice between present and future generations. |
| Learning objectives | The participants know - different approaches in environmental ethics; - the specific problems of intergenerational justice. |
| Bibliography | The literature is presented at the beginning of the seminar. |
| Comments | Note: Special course inscription and entry requirements! MSD students who already have attended a similar class are supposed to contact Prof. Dr. P. Burger and determine with him a substitute. Don’t forget to inform C. Chebbi by email about your agreement. Anrechnung MSD 2010 Gemäss publizierten Modulen oder mittels LC für den Vertiefungsbereich Phil.-Hist. This seminar is offered by MSD, Dr. B. Schmitz holds a teaching assignment. |
| Admission requirements | Special course inscription required for ALL (for details see 'course application' or 'Anmeldung'). Course inscriptions in a different way then explained ARE NOT taken into account. Limited number of participants (25), Students of the MSD and those of the mentioned fields of study (see list of modules) have priority. If you study something different you must do a master degree within the 'Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences' and may attend the seminar in case of vacancies and former inscription as explained. |
| Course application | Mandatory course inscription for ALL (additional to registration on MOnA): Link open from 22.08.17/noon - 06.09.17/midnight LINK to workspace with list of registration forms: https://adam.unibas.ch/goto_adam_crs_544052.html In case of vacancies the online inscription link remains open until the second date of teaching + 2 days. NOTE: Course registration via MOnA remains mandatory for all participants. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, optional |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Culture and Society (Master's degree program: African Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Environment and Human Well-Being (Master's degree program: African Studies (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Fields: Environment and Development (Master's degree program: African Studies) Modul Grundlagenbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaften (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development (Start of studies before 01.08.2017)) Modul Kernbereich Gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Nachhaltigkeitsforschung (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development (Start of studies before 01.08.2017)) Modul Praktische Philosophie (Master's degree subject: Philosophy) Module: Complementary Knowledge in Social Sciences (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Module: Core Competences in Social Sciences (Master's Studies: Sustainable Development) Vertiefungsmodul Global Europe: Umwelt und Nachhaltigkeit (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Regular attendance, required reading, oral presentation, essay. |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | 1-6 0,1 |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | University of Basel |
| Offered by | Fachbereich Nachhaltigkeitsforschung |