Philosophy 140S: Environmental Philosophy

Reading Schedule


Week Day Topic Reading Due
Jan 15-19 Tu Intro&Orientation none .
Th Language Issues Weston (ed.), An Invitation to Environmental Philosophy, pp. 1-42 .
Jan 22-26 Tu pp. 69-122 .
Th pp. 123-164 .
Jan 29 - Feb 2 Tu Preliminary Exercise in Environmentalism Thoreau, Walden, fragments (on line) .
Th Leopold, A Sand County Almanac, pp. 3-53 .
Feb 5-9 Tu pp. 54-92 and 122-136 .
Th pp. 188-226 and "The Conservation Ethic" (xerox) .
Feb 12-16 Tu Stegner, The American West as Living Space, pp. 1-44 P#1
Th pp. 44-86 .
Feb 19-23 Tu Three Structural Issues in the Context of Case Studies: Reciprocity, Mass/Energy Balance, and Health Water: Postel, Last Oasis, first half .
Th second half .
Feb 26 - Mar 2 Tu Agriculture: Jackson, New Roots for Agriculture, first half .
Th second half .
Mar 5-9 Tu Architecture: Hoffmann, Frank Lloyd Wright: Architecture and Nature, first half .
Th second half .
Mar 12-16 Spring Vacation
Mar 19-23 Tu Technology and Human Behavior Winner, The Whale and the Reactor, pp. 3-39 .
Th pp. 40-84 P#2
Mar 26-30 Tu pp. 85-120 .
Th pp. 121-154 Research Prospectus Due
Apr 2-6 Tu pp. 155-178 .
Th Population and Environments Brown, Gardiner, and Halweil, Beyond Malthus, pp. 17-56 Research Bibliography Due
Apr 9-13 Tu Beyond Malthus, pp. 57-96 .
Th pp. 97-138 .
Apr 16-20 Tu Universities and Environmentalism Callicott & da Rocha, Earth Summit Ethics, fragments (xerox) .
Th " Research Outline Due
Apr 23-27 Tu Presentations Period
Th Discussion of projects no reading .
Apr 30 - May 4 Tu no reading Research Paper Due
Th Senior Exams & Study Period
May 7-11 Final Exam Week
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