Ecology, Ethics and Religion (DV0158)

? Credit Points : 20 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : DIV-3-ECOLOGY

The study of ecological ethics, and the investigation of the relationship between ecological ethics and religions through primary texts in ecological ethics and religious environmentalism, and case studies of religious practice in relation to ecological issues.

Entry Requirements

? Pre-requisites : Christian Ethics 2A or 2B or Religion 2A or 2B

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Theology and Ethics, (School of Divinity, Schedule B)

Other subject areas

Environmental Courses, (School of GeoSciences, Schedule N)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) 30 minutes per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
18/09/2007	10:00	13:00	MacKinnon Room, New College	Central

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Tuesday	10:00	13:00	Central

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course learners should be able to do the following: expound compare and critically discuss specified concepts and approaches in ecological ethics, and religious practices and beliefs in relation to ecology; describe critically the relationship between relgious and philosophical narrations of creation/nature and human being, and in particular as these affect the natural environment; display a capacity for moral reasoning to contemporary ecological dilemmas.