The aim of this course is to enable participants to bring together materials from various disciplines bearing on our current environmental crisis, and from this integrated perspective to evaluate possible ways in which the crisis might be resolved. Disciplines to be consulted include ecology, thermodynamics, economics, value theory, and environmental history, among others. This project will rely on the integrative skills of philosophy to discern how materials from these disparate sources fit together.
For all available materials for the course, “Environmental Philosophy”, visit the Notre Dame OpenCourseWare site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/environmental-philosophy