Postgraduate Course: Ecology, Ethics and Spirit (THET11011)
Course Outline
| School | School of Divinity |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Theology and Ethics |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | To provide candidates with a multidisciplinary understanding of ecological ethics. Mobilising insights and perspectives from anthropology, ecology, ecological economics, philosophy and theology the emphasis will be upon the contrasting ways in which human cultural practices frame human-nature interactions in premodernity, modernity and postmodernity. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | Students MUST NOT also be taking
Ecology, Ethics and Religion (THET10021)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | This is a graduate-level course. Please confirm subject prerequisites with the Course Manager. |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course learners should be able to:
Recognise, restate and critique the dominant modes of moral discourse in relation to human-nature relationships;
Articulate and discuss how ecological and spiritual insights may inform human agency with respect to the environment;
Explain and appraise alternative accounts of the origins and possible resolution of the ecological crisis;
Critically evaluate the predominance of narrowly economic over other kinds of ways of assessing the impacts of human activity on the non-human world. |
Assessment Information
2000 word essay mid-semester (40%)
3000 word essay (60%) |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Keywords | EcolESpirit |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Michael Northcott
Tel: (0131 6)50 8947
Email: M.Northcott@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Joanne Hendry
Tel: (0131 6)50 7227
Email: J.Hendry@ed.ac.uk |
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