TEXTS: Stephen M. Gardiner, Simon Caney, Dale Jamieson, Henry Shue, editors. Climate Ethics: Essential Readings.Oxford, 2010.
PURPOSE OF THE COURSE: This semester the course will focus on the crucial issue of climate change.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING: Students are expected to attend class and do the assigned readings before each class session. Excessive unexcused absence (more than three classes) may result in being dropped from the course. The course grade will be based on a mid-semester exam, a final exam, and a term paper (7-10 pages), each counting 1/4 of the course grade. The final quarter of the course grade will be determined by the amount and quality of class participation.
Grades are assigned as follows.
92-100 A
90-91.9 A-
88-89.9 B+
82-87.9 B
80-81.9 B-
78-79.9 C+
72-78.9 C
70-71.9 C-
68-69.9 D+
62-68.9 D
60-61.9 D-
0-59.9 F
Students are expected to know and abide by the rules of The University
of Virginia's College at Wise, including the Honor Code.
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Class Schedule
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| 31 | 3. Dale Jamieson, "Ethics, Public Policy, and Global Warming" |
| 05 Feb | |
| 07 | 4. Stephen Gardiner, "A Perfect Moral Storm: Clinate Change, Intretgenerational Ethics, and the Problem of Moral Corruption" |
| 12 | 5. Henry Shue, "Global environmental and International Inequality" |
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| 19 | 6. Derek Parfit, "Energy Policy and the Further Future: The Identity Problem" |
| 21 | 7. Simon Caney, "Cosmopolitan Justice, Responsibility, and Global Climate Change" |
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| 28 | 8. Henry Shue, "Deadly Delays, Saving Opportunities: Creating a More Dangerous World?" |
| 05 Mar | 9. Simon Caney, " Climate Change, Human Rights, and Moral Thresholds" |
| 07 | Mid-term assignment |
| 19 | Mid-term due 10. Peter Singer, "One Atmosphere" |
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| 26 | 11. Henry Shue, "Subsistence Emissions and Luxury Emissions" |
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| 02 Apr | 12. Paul Baer, et al, " Greenhouse Development Rights" |
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| 09 | 13. Robert E. Goodin, " Selling Environmental Indulgences" |
| 11 | 14. Paul Baer, "Adaptation to Climate change: Who Pays Whom?" |
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| 18 | 15. Dale Jamieson, "Adaptation, Mitigation, and Justice" |
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| 25 | 16. Stephen Gardiner, "Is 'Arming the Future' with Geoengineering Really the Lesser Evil?" |
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| 02 May | Final Review |