Optional: Sober - Philosophical Problems for Environmentalism
Rachels - The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
Week 2Rachels - Debate Over Utilitarianism
Ross - What Makes Right Actions Right?
Baxter - People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution
Week 3Cohen - The Case for the Use of Animals
Singer - All Animals Are Equal
Regan - The Case for Animal Rights
Warren - Difficulties With the Strong Animal Rights Position
Week 4Anderson - Animal Rights and the Values of Non-Human Life
Norcross - Puppies, Pigs, and People
Norcross - The Significance of Death for Animals
Harman - The Moral Significance of Animal Pain and Animal Death
Week 5Taylor - The Ethics of Respect for Nature
Schmidtz - Are All Species Equal?
Week 6Hill - Ideals of Human Excellence and Preserving the Natural Environment
Warren - The Power and Promise of Ecological Feminism
Week 7Russow - Why Do Species Matter?
Week 9Broome - Intro to Climate Ethics
Gardiner - The Problem of Political Inertia
Broome - Climate Matters (chapters 4-5)
Week 10Broome - Climate Matters (excerpt from ch. 4)
Parfit - The Non-Identity Problem
Broome - Climate Matters (chapter 7)
Broome - The Social Discount Rate
Parfit - Energy Policy and the Further Future
Week 11Young - Overconsumption and Procreation
Vance - Procreation is Immoral on Environmental Grounds (read sections 1-4)
Week 12Sinnott-Armstrong - It's Not My Fault
Vance - Climate Change, Individual Emissions, and Foreseeing Harm
Vance - Procreation is Immoral on Environmental Grounds (read sections 5-6)
Week 13Traxler - Fair Chore Division for Climate Change
Gardiner - Ethics and Global Climate Change (excerpt)
Week 14