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Apr 18, 2024
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2017-2018 HillBook (Class of 2021) [ARCHIVED HILL BOOK]
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POL 383 - Environmental JusticeThree Credits
Not Offered 2017-2018
This course explores how the environment relates to social justice. How are environmental challenges in the United States as well as internationally connected to deep structural injustices related to class, race and gender? We will read moral philosophy and political theory as well as social scientific and historical research. Then we will apply the theories to a few cases of environmental injustice: hazardous waste disposal, food justice, climate change, and inter-generational justice.
Prerequisite(s)/Restriction(s): One 100-Level Philosophy course, or POL 110 or POL 171 .
General Education Attribute(s): Moral Inquiry
Course Applies to: Environmental Science and Studies
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