ENV 101
Monday 2 February
“The Environment”…and
developing an “Eco-Ethic”
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What
is the environment?
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Why
is there a major called environmental studies?
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Why
is it called environmental STUDIES, & not science?
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What
morals and/or ethics support study of the planet?
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What
views does “Tool for Building a Better World”” or “Crossing The Threshold”
suggest?
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WHY
IS STUDYING THE ARTS the best place to begin to learn about environmental
issues?
Admin – ORAL PRESENTATION SIGN UP SHEET
FIRST PROJECT DUE ONE WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY – FEB 11th – Questions?
WHAT’S NEW AND GROOVY IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
Keep track of first paper/project due next week.
Does a Person Have Rights? Morals? Where do they get
them?
Does a Baby Seal Have Rights and Morals?
How about a Cockroach?
Why does the Bible become a core reading in
Environmental Studies?
Why can learning about the environment be both
depressing, and exciting?
Try these questions: EEEK a QUIZ
1) What were the other two possible futures in the reading “Windows on the future? Conventional Worlds, __ and ___
2) Discuss any two of the following (Universalists, Relativists, Nihiilists, Utilitarians)
3) Is a human a moral agent, or moral subject? Explain
4) What is the difference b/t inherent, intrinsic value and instrumental value?
5) Take two of the three terms and define: Toxic colonialism, neo-Luddites? Which term focuses on race, which one on tech?
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES and INFO
I.
Environment: Part Ecology, Part Natural
Resources & ENV
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Populations
of one Species
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Communities
of Species
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Entire
Ecosystems with numerous communities…
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RELATIONSHIPS!!!!
II.
Environmental Science:
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Apply
the Scientific Method
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Educate,
Learn and Understand
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Natural
Resources and how they interact (Homo Sapiens bias)
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ALL
disciplines!!
III.
BUT ITS NOT Environmental Science – ENV Studies:
QUESTION - Name some elements that comprise the
STUDIES concept of ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES?
IN
PAIRS – CREATE A WORLDVIEW MAP – Like the handout – and determine which
elements you and your team mates share and include them
WHAT ELEMENTS COMPRISE THE WORLDVIEWS OF THIS CLASS?
EHTICAL PRINCIPLES
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Moral
Agents – Moral Subjects --- Ever Widening
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Inherent
Value v. Intrinsic Value
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Anthropocentric
– Dominion – Genesis 1:28
Ø Stewardship
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Biocentric
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Animal
Rights
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Ecocentric
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Ecofeminist
Ø Scenarios or Possible Futures
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Which
one(s) are there, and which do you defend?