Readings
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A. Leopold (1949), Ecocentrism: The Land Ethic . Environmental Ethics , Pojman & Pojman (eds), Wadsworth: USA. (p. 163-172) B. Callicott (1987), Conceptual Foundations of the Land Ethic. Environmental Ethics , Pojman & Pojman (eds), Wadsworth: USA. (p. 173-181). B. Lomborg (1998), The Skeptical Environmentalist. Cambridge: Mass (p. 3-22). Here is the bibliography for Skeptical Environmentalist (all 70 pages!) Week 3 M. Sagoff, (184), Animal Liberation and Environmental Ethics: Bad Marriage, Quick Divorce. Environmental EThics: What really matters, What Really Works, D. Schmidtz & W. Willott (eds), Oxford press: NY. -144) J. Kricher (1998), "Nothing endures except change." Northeastern Naturalist 5(2): 165-174. Weeks 4 & 5 Arne Naess, "The world of concrete contents". Inquiry, 28: p. 417 (1984). E. Sober (1986), “Philosophical Problems for Environmentalism", (p. 179-191). *Note that I have uploaded this excellent article in its entirety, you might want to read the whole thing. You are responsible for pages 171-191. Yuirko Saito (1998), "The Aesthetics of Unscenic Nature." Journal of Aesthetics and Art Critciism 56(2): 101- 111. Week 7 G. Monbiot (2006), Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning. Anchor Canada (p. ix-xiii, 29-55). Week 8 J. Woodward & D. Goldstein (2002), "Conduct, misconduct and the structure of science." in S. Armstrong & R. Boltzer (eds) Environmental Ethics: Divergence and Convergence (p. 12-22). Week 9 E. Crist (2007), "Beyond the climate crisis: A critique of climate change discourse." Telos 141: 29-55. Week 10 W.F. Baxter, Economics
and Ecology & People or Penguins (p.
108-118)
M. Sagoff, Why
Political
questions are not all economic (p.
24-45)
M.Sagoff, Can
we put a Price on nature’s services? (p. 87-109) M. Sagoff, The concept of place in environmental ethics. (p. 157-174) |
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