ATS2871 Environmental ethics
Faculty of Arts
ATS2871 Environmental ethics is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2020 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2871
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ATS2871
No unit lists ATS2871 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Twelve credit points of first-year Arts units.
Prohibition: ATS3871, AZA2871, AZA3871
Overview
The current global environmental crisis poses both philosophical and urgent political challenges. This unit examines the implications of environmental concerns for our moral concepts and our current way of life. Should non-human animals have rights? What about species or ecosystems? What is the value of wilderness? How might our values, institutions, and way of life have to change in order for humanity and other species to have a future?
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2871.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1Students successfully completing this subject should have a good understanding of the ethical issues raised by environmentalism and by the ethical limits placed on human behaviour by our environment.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. A unit requires on average three/four hours of scheduled activities per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS2871 is part of 9 areas of study in the 2020 handbook.
- BIOETHIC02Bioethics electivesBioethicsNo reviews yet
- HUMNGEOG05Human geography elective unitsHuman geographyNo reviews yet
- HUMNGEOG06Human geography elective unitsHuman geographyNo reviews yet
- HUMNRGHT07Human rights elective unitsHuman rightsNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDS05International studies electivesInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDY09International studies electivesInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- INTLSTDY10International studies elective unitsInternational studiesNo reviews yet
- PHILSPHY05Philosophy elective unitsPhilosophyNo reviews yet
- PHILSPHY06Philosophy elective unitsPhilosophyNo reviews yet
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Professor Robert Sparrow
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Robert Sparrow
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2871?
ATS2871 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is ATS2871 offered?
ATS2871 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is ATS2871?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS2871?
ATS2871 is part of Bioethics, Human geography, Human rights, International studies and Philosophy.