Postgraduate Course: Values and the Environment (P) (PGGE11114)
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate Courses (School of GeoSciences) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course examines issues related to two important modes of human valuing of nature, the ethical and the aesthetic. The first part of the course covers key concepts and theories in environmental ethics, including: anthropocentrism and nonanthropocentrism; animal ethics; holistic and biocentric theories; and recent attempts to develop an urban environmental ethic. In the second part we examine aesthetic and landscape values in our engagement with wild nature, rural environments and other cultural landscapes, and conflicts that arise between aesthetic and ethical valuing of natural environments in both theory and practice. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: 50 |
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Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Central | Lecture | | 1-11 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
- a critical understanding of key concepts and theories in environmental ethics;
- a critical grasp of aesthetic theories in relation to a range of environments, from the wild to the urban;
- an understanding of the roles of values in engagement with a range of environments and the conflicts that arise between values in conservation practice;
- expression of students' own critical arguments on environmental values in discussion and in writing. |
Assessment Information
| 3000 word essay/project |
Special Arrangements
| Unavailable to non-MSc Environment, Culture and Society students in 2010/11. |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
Not entered |
| Reading list |
General Course Reading List
Armstrong SJ and Botzler R eds. (2004) Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Brady E (2003) Aesthetics of the Natural Environment. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.
DesJardins J (2000) Environmental Ethics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Jamieson D (2003) A Companion to Environmental Philosophy. London: Blackwell.
Leopold A ([1949] 2000) $łThe Land Ethic&©, Sand County Almanac. New York: Oxford University Press.
O&©Neill J, Light A and Holland A (2008) Environmental Values. New York: Routledge.
Schmidtz D and Willott E eds. (2001) Environmental Ethics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Throop, W ed. (2000) Environmental Restoration: ethics, theory and practice. Humanity Books.
Useful journals: Environmental Ethics; Environmental Values; Ethics, Place and Environment; Ethics and Environment.
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | PGGE1114, environmental ethics, environmental aesthetics, values, conservation, philosophy |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Emily Brady
Tel: (0131 6)50 9137
Email: |
Course secretary | Mrs Patrizia Mencuccini
Tel: (0131 6)50 2572
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