ENVR 203 — Knowledge, Ethics and Environment

Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies.

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• Difficulty: 3.40 out of 5
• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Department: Bieler School of Environment
• Taught by: Julia Freeman, Nicolas Kosoy

Sections offered

• Section 051 (Lec), Tue Thu 2:35-3:55 pm — 1 seats open