Syllabi
Given the wide variety of courses now taught in environmental ethics and philosophy, keeping a comprehensive list is not possible. For this reason the following inventory is selective. Syllabi have been chosen for their innovation, distinctiveness, breadth of coverage, coverage of lesser known issues, and so forth. ISEE is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and we are particularly interested in teaching resources that foreground engaged and inclusive pedagogies. If you have a syllabus that you would like to have posted, please email ISEE Vice President Marion Hourdequin (mhourdequin@coloradocollege.edu) or ISEE Mentoring Director Simona Capisani (scapisani@fas.harvard.edu).
| Last updated Wednesday, May 6, 2020 | |
| Aldo Leopold
Climate Change & Geoengineering |
Food, Water, & Agricultural Ethics |
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- Ethics and Animals (2018) Jeff Sebo, NYU
- Humans and Other Animals (2018) Marion Hourdequin, Colorado College
- Animal Ethics (2011) Jean Kazez, Southern Methodist
- Animal Ethics & Science (2009) Gary Varner, Texas A&M
- Ethics & Animals (2009) Paul B. Thompson, Michigan State University
- Animality (2006) Ted Toadvine, University of Oregon
- Animals & Society: Gender, Race, and Coloniality (undated) Julia Gibson, Queen’s University
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Climate Change & Geoengineering
- Contemporary Moral Problems: Climate Change (2019) Simona Capisani, University of California-Irvine
- Animals and Climate Change (2019) Jeff Sebo, NYU
- Philosophy of Climate Science (2014) Ben Hale, University of Colorado
- Climate Change Policy & Ethics (2011) Andrew Light, George Mason University
- Climate Philosophy (2010) Martin Schonfeld, University of South Florida
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- Eco-Phenomenology (2011) Ted Toadvine, University of Oregon
- Eco-Phenomenology (2008) Iván Castañeda, University of Idaho
- Eco-Phenomenology (2004) Ted Toadvine, University of Oregon
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- Christian Moral Issues Christian Ecological Ethics (2010) Kevin J. O’Brien, Pacific Lutheran University
- Religion and Environmental Ethics (2009) Jack A. Hill, Texas Christian University
- World Religions and the Environment (2008) Neil Banas, University of Washington
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- De-Extinction and Zombie Species (2018) Jennifer Welchman, University of Alberta
- Technology, Environment, and Society (2019) Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University
- Bioethics, Law, and the Life Sciences (2012) Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University
- Debate Science: Practical Reasoning and Nanotechnology (undated) Dane Scott, University of Montana
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- Seminar on Natural Beauty (2012) Ned Hettinger, College of Charleston
- Environmental Aesthetics (2011) David Seamon, Kansas State University
- Environmental Aesthetics (2007) Ted Toadvine, University of Oregon
- The Environment: Ethics and Aesthetics (2004-05) J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas
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Environmental Ethics/Philosophy
- Ethics and the Environment (2019) Dale Jamieson and Kyle Ferguson, NYU
- Australian Environmental Philosophy (2019) N.A.J. Taylor, University of Melbourne
- Environmental Ethics (2019) Dan Shahar, University of New Orleans
- Ethical Thought and Moral Values (2019) Kian Mintz-Woo, Princeton University
- Values and the Environment (2017-18) Emily Brady, University of Edinburgh
- Environmental Ethics (2018) Alex Lenferna, University of Washington
- Environmental Ethics (2018) Marion Hourdequin, Colorado College
- Philosophy, Globalization, and Sustainability (2010) Chris Frakes, University of Colorado
- Unchopping a Tree: Intro to Environmental Ethics (2008) Teresa Burke & Caroline Solomon, Gallaudet University
- Philosophies of the Environment (2006) Deane Curtin, Gustavus College
- Environmental Ethics (2003) David Schmidtz, University of Arizona
- Environmental Ethics (1997) Ernest Partridge, Northland College
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- Global Justice and the Environment (2019) Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Georgetown University
- Environmental Justice in Syracuse (2019) Tom Perreault, Syracuse University
- Environmental Justice in Urban Environments (2019) Dan Shahar, University of New Orleans
- Contemporary Moral Problems: Climate Change (2019) Simona Capisani, University of California-Irvine
- Environmental Justice (2011) Robert Figueroa, University of North Texas
- Geographies of Environmental Justice (undated) Tom Perreault, Syracuse University
- Gender, Environment, & Justice (undated) Valerie Carroll, Kansas State University
- Food Justice from the Planting Justice non-profit organization
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Food, Water, & Agricultural Ethics
- Water Ethics (2012) Irene Klaver, University of North Texas
- Eating your Ecology (2011) William Grove-Fanning, Trinity University
- Environment and Agriculture (2010) E.M. Villalobos & M.G. Wright, University of Hawaii
- The Political Economy of Digestion (2009) Chad Lavin, Virginia Tech
- Food, Gender, and the Environment (2008) Diane Veale Jones, St. John’s University
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- Ethics and Nonexistent Persons (2012) Melissa Seymor Fahmy, University of Georgia
- Ethics and Future Generations (undated) John Nolt, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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- Environmental Stewardship and Space Exploration (2013) Martin Fowler, Elon University
- Environmental Visions (2012) Anthony Weston, Elon University
- Millennial Imagination (2009) Anthony Weston, Elon University
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- Aboriginal Land, Law, and Philosophy (2018) N.A.J. Taylor, University of Melbourne
- Key Thinkers and Concepts in Indigenous Studies (2018) N.A.J. Taylor, University of Melbourne
- Native American Philosophy (2010) Kyle Powys Whyte, Michigan State University
- Native American Environmental Ethics (2010) Steve Pavlik, Northwest Indian College
- American Indian Religions and Ecology (2010) John Grimm, American Indian Religions and Ecology, Yale University
- Native American Philosophies (2007) Kurt Peters & Kathleen Dean Moore, Oregon State University
- Aldo Leopold, Native Americans, & The Land Ethic (undated) Joshua D. Bellin, La Roche College
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- Philosophy of Ecology (2012) J. Baird Callicott & Chris Anderson, University of North Texas
- Philosophical Foundations of Ecology (2012) Soazig Le Bihan, University of Montana
- Philosophy of Ecology (2010) Brendan Bohannan & Ted Toadvine, University of Oregon
- Philosophy of Ecology (2005) J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas
- The Emergence and Influence of Ecology (undated) Gavin Van Horn, Southwestern University
- Ecology as a Discipline (undated) Stephen T. Jackson & Jeffrey A. Lockwood, University of Wyoming
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Political Philosophy, Politics, and the Environment
- Environmental Politics (2019) Sheila Jasanoff, Harvard University
- Environment, Property, and Protest (2018) Ben Hale, University of Colorado
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- Environmental Ethics and Land Management (2011) Timothy C. Weiskel, Harvard Extension School
- Ethics of Sustainability (2011) Phil Cafaro, Colorado State University
- Christianity & Sustainability (2011) Chris Doran, Pepperdine University
- The Literature of Sustainability (2010) Dan Shilling, Arizona State University
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- Wilderness: Duties to Non-Rational Nature? (2005) Ben Hale, NYU
- Wilderness & Public Policy (undated) J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas
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Other Courses of Interest
- Theory and Methods in Environment (2019) Ben Hale, University of Colorado
- Environment and Story (2019) N.A.J. Taylor, University of Melbourne
- Technology and Environment (undated) Eileen Crist, Virginia Tech
- Environmental Politics: Property, Participation, and Protest (2005) Ben Hale, NYU
- Philosophy of Economics (undated) Mark Sagoff, George Mason University
- Population, Consumption, & Environment (undated) Eileen Crist, Virginia Tech
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Syllabi from Neighboring Fields
Other Teaching Resources
Assignments
- Hetch Hetchy Valley Synthesis Paper (undated) Dan Shahar, University of New Orleans
- Animals and Society: Group Research Project (undated) Julia Gibson, Queen’s University
- Animals and Society: Midterm Paper (undated) Julia Gibson, Queen’s University
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Pedagogical Articles & Resources
- Bringing Schools to Life: Cross-Class Questioning and Dialogue Across the Curriculum (2007) Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Case Western Reserve University
- Species Extinction and the Vice of Thoughtlessness: The Importance of Spiritual Exercises for Learning Virtue (2010) Jeremy Bendik-Keymer, Case Western Reserve University
