Optional: Sober - Philosophical Problems for Environmentalism
Rachels - The Challenge of Cultural Relativism
Week 2Rachels - Debate Over Utilitarianism
Ross - What Makes Right Actions Right?
Week 3Baxter - People or Penguins: The Case for Optimal Pollution
Cohen - The Case for the Use of Animals
Singer - All Animals Are Equal
Week 4Regan - The Case for Animal Rights
Warren - Difficulties With the Strong Animal Rights Position
Anderson - Animal Rights and the Values of Non-Human Life
Norcross - Puppies, Pigs, and People
Week 5Norcross - The Significance of Death for Animals
Harman - The Moral Significance of Animal Pain and Animal Death
Taylor - 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 7 Week 8Russow - Why Do Species Matter?
Week 9Broome - Intro to Climate Ethics
Gardiner - The Problem of Political Inertia
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
Week 13Vance - Procreation is Immoral on Environmental Grounds (read sections 5-6)
Week 14Gardiner - Arming the Future With Geoengineering
Week 15Traxler - Fair Chore Division for Climate Change