Unit

School Of Humanities And Communication Arts

Philosophy and EnvironmentWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101843.2

Discipline: PHILOSOPHY

Student Contribution Band: 1

Level: 2

Credit Points: 10

Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 40 credit points of study in currently enrolled course.


About this Unit
In 2016 this unit replaced by102417 Philosophy and Environment. Philosophy and Environment focuses on how we understand and value our interactions with the natural environment, how humans have changed the world and themselves through those interactions and the questions and problems created through that dynamic. Contemporary issues such as climate change, resource depletion, land degradation, conflict over resources, and treatment of animals have become prominent ethical, political and philosophical concerns. This unit looks at these sort of environmental problems through philosophical methods that reveal the traditions of thought, attitude and action underlying them. Students will be introduced to the major apporaches and questions most relevant to explaining contemporary environmental problems.

Specialisations

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