PHI 249 SCIENCE & ETHICS OF EXTINCTION

An examination of extinction from the perspectives of environmental ethics and history/philosophy of science, with an emphasis on the problem of protecting biological diversity while promoting environmental justice; the value of biological diversity; the definition of "species"; the nature and causes of mass extinctions; the place of extinction in evolutionary theory; and the prospects for using biotechnology to reverse extinctions.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as ES 249.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 28 students.

Attributes

A6, MOIB, W