PHIL 51. Climate Ethics (4 units)
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Description
This course will address the complex moral challenge of climate change. Topics include ethical values in climate modeling; the moral psychology of climate change; individual versus structural approaches to decarbonization; global justice and the distribution of greenhouse gas emissions; the ethics of geoengineering; decolonization and the climate crisis; discounting and obligations to future generations.
Prerequisite courses
PHIL 51 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have PHIL 51 as a prerequisite.