Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Philosophy and Ethics of Environment

Type of study	Follow-up Master
Language of instruction	Czech
Code	546-0615/01
Abbreviation	FEZP
Course title	Philosophy and Ethics of Environment
Credits	3
Coordinating department	Department of Environmental Engineering
Course coordinator	doc. Ing. Jiří Kupka, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics in the environment. Definitions.

Perceptions on ethics, environmentalism, ecology and environmental ethics.

Morality and ethics, from ethics to environmental ethics.

Analysis of the most influential currents of thought contemporary environmental ethics - anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ekocentrismu teocentrismu.

Deep, deep ecology; ekofeminismus.

Hypothesis "Gaia".

People and "other" animals. Why do we protect nature?

Ethics Environmental (environmental) responsibilities.

Literature

Light, A. and Katz, E. 1996. Environmental Pragmatism, London: Routledge.
Meadows, D. H., Meadows, D. L., Randers, J., and Behrens, W. W. 1972. The
Limits to Growth, New York: New American Library.Sessions, G. (ed) 1995. Deep
Ecology for the 21st Century, Boston: Shambhala 1995.

Advised literature

Witoszek, N. and Brennan, A. (eds) 1999. Philosophical Dialogues: Arne
Næss and the Progress of Eco-Philosophy, New York: Rowan and Littlefield.

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