22910707 - Environmental ethics

IL CORSO E' INTERAMENTE IN INGLESE.

È necessario un buon livello di inglese scritto e parlato.

Discuteremo quali sono le preoccupazioni etiche sollevate dal riscaldamento globale, cosa significa l'ambiente e perché dovrebbe essere la nostra preoccupazione. Il mondo come lo conosciamo, caratterizzato da grande incertezza economica, insicurezza finanziaria, livelli drammatici di disuguaglianza sia all'interno dei paesi che tra di essi, progresso tecnologico accelerato, requisiti legali stratificati e talvolta contraddittori e istituzioni globali deboli hanno portato alla dilagante crisi ambientale in cui viviamo. L'etica ambientale solleva domande su una serie di questioni molto diverse: il riscaldamento globale, l'etica animale, le emissioni di carbonio, la responsabilità degli individui e delle istituzioni, la giustizia intergenerazionale, il galoppante sviluppo tecnologico e la sostenibilità complessiva - ecologica, economica e sociale - degli attuali modelli di produzione e consumo. Questo corso fornirà i concetti base dell'ecologia e dell'etica ambientale, e la loro relazione con la globalizzazione e la società. Questa classe analizzerà i problemi etici della globalizzazione e l'impatto sugli ecosistemi e sull'ambiente. Gli argomenti che saranno inclusi sono la responsabilità sociale, la demografia, lo sviluppo sostenibile, la crisi eco-sociale contemporanea. I partecipanti passeranno in rassegna le diverse soluzioni per la globalizzazione, l'ambiente e la responsabilità sociale. Alla fine del corso, gli studenti dovranno comprendere e articolare i valori etici e culturali fondamentali in gioco nelle questioni ambientali, così come la storia e la diversità dei quadri generali da cui questi valori nascono. Inoltre, ci si aspetta che abbiano una buona conoscenza degli scenari di casi reali in cui l'etica ambientale è particolarmente rilevante -dagli OGM all'inquinamento- e la loro connessione con i contesti socio-politici in cui hanno luogo a livello globale.


Al completamento con successo di questo corso, sarete in grado di:

Categorizzare le variabili che portano ad una situazione etica ambientale definita.

Identificare correttamente i modelli culturali e le variabili filosofiche che spiegano l'attuale crisi ambientale.

Quantificare l'impatto degli "approcci etici".

Impostare strategie realistiche in un contesto ben definito.

Valutare oggettivamente e soggettivamente l'impatto della strategia alternativa selezionata."

Curriculum

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Programma

Program

1. Origins and Key Concepts

2. Homo Sapiens and the Environment

3. Future Generations

4. Speciesism

5. Individuals, Global Warming and The Tragedy of the Commons

6. Globalization, environment, and social responsibility

7. Contemporary eco-social crisis

8. One Planet

9. New Planets?

Testi Adottati

R. ATTFIELD, Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018.

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

R. ATTFIELD, Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018. Ulteriori letture non incluse in questo libro saranno fornite dall'istruttore.

Modalità Erogazione

Il corso si svolge in presenza, con la possibilità di collegarsi da remoto se necessario.

Modalità Frequenza

In presenza (ma con possibilità di streaming in casi specifici)

Modalità Valutazione

The instructor will assess the students' progress towards the learning objectives by using the forms of assessment below. Each of these assessments is weighted and will count towards your final grade. Form of assessment (and value) Class Participation (10%): Student participation is highly advised. Even if not in presence, participation is expected at least online. Class Discussions (20%): Philosophy’s method is dialogical, much like statistics’ method is quantitative. It is impossible to do statistics without equations and it is impossible to do philosophy without talking things through. Each student is therefore very strongly required to read weekly materials, and reflect on them in preparation for a brief weekly debate, that will take place in oral form and will be on random basis at the start of each weekly meeting. The instructor will then use students’ answers to orient and lead a class discussion. The instructor will judge class discussions as an impartial, informed spectator, in full recognition of his professional deontology. In order of complexity, the criteria used to measure the quality of class discussions include the following: Relevance: Is the question/comment/objection relevant and useful to a productive and instructive discussion? Evidence: Does the student support the question/comment/objection well, using material gathered in this class and making clear reference to passages in the readings? Clarity: Is the question/comment/objection clear, complete and concise? Intellectual cleverness: does the question/comment/objection shed additional light into the key variables determining the topic at hand? Adequacy: Is the question/comment/objection pertinent and adequate to the subject matter? Implications: does the analysis of the issue being raised broaden its scope to detect further implications conducive to a better definition of any of the existing models? Final Exam (70%): The final exam is designed to establish and communicate the progress the student has made towards meeting the course learning objectives. It is designed to test the student’s ability in four important areas of competency; the amount of information mastered; the accuracy in interpreting and discriminating information; the ability to categorize environmental ethics problems into conceptual models studied; and the ability to present pertinent and relevant information in an attractive, sharp, concise and effective manner and format. This test will take the form of an essay question on a specific environmental ethics case, selected by the instructor.

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Programma

Program

1. Origins and Key Concepts

2. Homo Sapiens and the Environment

3. Future Generations

4. Speciesism

5. Individuals, Global Warming and The Tragedy of the Commons

6. Globalization, environment, and social responsibility

7. Contemporary eco-social crisis

8. One Planet

9. New Planets?

Testi Adottati

R. ATTFIELD, Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018.

Bibliografia Di Riferimento

R. ATTFIELD, Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press, 2018. Ulteriori letture non incluse in questo libro saranno fornite dall'istruttore.

Modalità Erogazione

Il corso si svolge in presenza, con la possibilità di collegarsi da remoto se necessario.

Modalità Frequenza

In presenza (ma con possibilità di streaming in casi specifici)

Modalità Valutazione

The instructor will assess the students' progress towards the learning objectives by using the forms of assessment below. Each of these assessments is weighted and will count towards your final grade. Form of assessment (and value) Class Participation (10%): Student participation is highly advised. Even if not in presence, participation is expected at least online. Class Discussions (20%): Philosophy’s method is dialogical, much like statistics’ method is quantitative. It is impossible to do statistics without equations and it is impossible to do philosophy without talking things through. Each student is therefore very strongly required to read weekly materials, and reflect on them in preparation for a brief weekly debate, that will take place in oral form and will be on random basis at the start of each weekly meeting. The instructor will then use students’ answers to orient and lead a class discussion. The instructor will judge class discussions as an impartial, informed spectator, in full recognition of his professional deontology. In order of complexity, the criteria used to measure the quality of class discussions include the following: Relevance: Is the question/comment/objection relevant and useful to a productive and instructive discussion? Evidence: Does the student support the question/comment/objection well, using material gathered in this class and making clear reference to passages in the readings? Clarity: Is the question/comment/objection clear, complete and concise? Intellectual cleverness: does the question/comment/objection shed additional light into the key variables determining the topic at hand? Adequacy: Is the question/comment/objection pertinent and adequate to the subject matter? Implications: does the analysis of the issue being raised broaden its scope to detect further implications conducive to a better definition of any of the existing models? Final Exam (70%): The final exam is designed to establish and communicate the progress the student has made towards meeting the course learning objectives. It is designed to test the student’s ability in four important areas of competency; the amount of information mastered; the accuracy in interpreting and discriminating information; the ability to categorize environmental ethics problems into conceptual models studied; and the ability to present pertinent and relevant information in an attractive, sharp, concise and effective manner and format. This test will take the form of an essay question on a specific environmental ethics case, selected by the instructor.