Ethics of Nature

Since 2016 I've been teaching (along with others) the course Ethics of Nature at the University of Iceland. The course is organized by the department of philosophy and is a mandatory part of the international program Environment and Natural Resources.

The course deals with the connection between Man and Nature from the viewpoint of Moral Philosophy. It discusses the main proponents of and theories within Environmental Ethics and describes the roots of differing views of Nature, as well as different ethical orientations, i.e. anthropocentric, ecocentric, and biocentric positions. The course also deals with the integration of environmental and developmental issues, and with the connection between environmentalism and democracy.

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