PHIL 456 - Justice and Climate Change (3)

This course explores questions concerning justice that arise in finding solutions to climate change, which threatens the lives, livelihoods, homelands, and cultures of billions of people over the next century. Climate change is clearly unjust: it is a side effect of quality-of-life improvements from industrialization, yet most of its victims are poor. Preventing many of its impacts requires interventions and policies that raise questions of fairness. Topics include justice between generations, global justice, environmental racism, reparations, and democratic decision-making. Recommended Preparation: PHIL 354 or PHIL 355.

Grading: Graded/Satisfactory Unsatisfactory/Audit
Course ID: 102965
Consent: No Special Consent Required
Components: Lecture
Attributes: Writing Intensive (WI)
Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and one PHIL course with a grade of ‘C’ or better.