Approaches to Ecological Ethics

College University of St. Michael's College, Faculty of Theology
Instructor(s) Koster, Hilda P.
Course Code SMT3955HF
NOTE: Graduate degree students enrol in SMT6955HF
Semester First Semester
Section 0101
Online No
Credits One Credit
Location Toronto (St George Campus)
Description

The course will consider issues, documents, and ethical methods that will help the student to develop an understanding of the ecological crisis as well as ethical and theological responses to it. The limitations of a human-centered ethics, the need for an ecological justice that incorporates human justice, the implications of climate change, and the various Christian responses to the environmental issues are some of the topics that will be considered in the course. Method: lectures, case studies, informed discussions. Evaluation: reflection paper, integration paper, practical integration.

Schedule Wed
Start Time 17:00
End Time 19:00
Hours Per Week 2
Minimum Enrolment 10
Maximum Enrolment 25
Teaching Method
Lectures
Means of Evaluation
Other
Previously Offered Fall 2018
Currently Offered Fall 2021