PHIL 215
Fall 2011
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01
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| Crosslisting:
ENVS 215 |
| Certificates: Environmental Studies |
Though a variety of important issues are central to understanding the complexity of relationships between humans, nonhumans, and the rest of nature, this year the course will focus primarily on human relations to nonhuman animals--in captivity, in agribusiness, and in the wild. The goals of the course are to help you to think critically, to read carefully, to argue well, and to defend your own reasoned views about the moral relations between humans, animals, and nature. |
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Essential Capabilities:
Ethical Reasoning
This course actively engages students in reasoning about ethical controversies related to its subject matter. We will pay careful attention to how one reasons about these questions.
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS PHIL |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ANST-MN)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(FGSS)(PHIL)(PHIL-Philosophy)(PHIL-Social Jus)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
L. Gruen. Ethics and Animals: An Introduction (Cambridge, 2011)
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Examinations and Assignments:
Two papers and a final project (possibly a group project). |
| Instructor(s): Gruen,Lori Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: FISK414; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 30 | | SR major: 3 | JR major: 3 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 3 | JR non-major: 3 | SO: 9 | FR: 9 |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 13 | 1st Ranked: 2 | 2nd Ranked: 3 | 3rd Ranked: 2 | 4th Ranked: 3 | Unranked: 3 |
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