| Date | Teacher | Place | Topic | Lecture notes / comments |
| 10.10.2006 | Per Ariansen | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 | Values, a matrix. Problems as fact-value compounds. The classical is-ought distinction. Types of values: instrumental, intrinsic, inherent | O'Neill (L&R:10 values), Rolston (L&R:11 values) |
| 11.10.2006 | Espen Gamlund | Sognsveien 68, 4th floor, 12.15-14.00 | Colloquium 1. Is Nature Intrinsically Valuable? | O'Neill (L&R:10), Rolston (L&R:11), Norton (L&R:13), Wetlesen (W&B:47). |
| 12.10.2006 | Per Ariansen | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 | Varieties of inherent valueSources and detectors of value: the anthropocentrism issue. • Empirical morally relevant properties in individuals: sentience, self-awareness, conatus. • Empirical morally relevant properties in wholes (species, ecosystems) | Palmer (L&R:1 intro), Singer (L&R:4 sentientism), Regan (L&R:5 animal rights), Ariansen (handout anthropocentrism), Taylor (L&R:6 biocentrism) Katz (L&R:7 systems and individuals?) Cahen (L&R: ecosystems) Norton (L&R:13 weak anthropocentrism) |
| 16.10.2006 | Espen Gamlund | SUM, 4th floor. 12.15-14.00 | Colloquium 2. Who Has Moral Status in the Environment? | Singer (L&R:4), Regan (L&R:5), Ariansen (handout), Taylor (L&R:6), Katz (L&R:7) |
| 17.10.2006 | Per Ariansen | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 | Beyond the is-ought dichotomy. Phenomenology and the life-world. • Value conflicts in the life-world. • The missing type of value: constitutive value | Ariansen (handout: environmental constructionism (to be translated)). Light (L&R: 18 monism) |
| 18.10.2006 | Espen Gamlund | SUM, 4th floor. 12-15-14.00 | Colloquium 3. The Nature of Environmental Ethics – Monism versus Pluralism | Palmer (L&R:1), Ariansen (handout), Stone (L&R:15), Callicot (L&R:16), Light (L&R:18). |
| 19.10.2006 | Per Ariansen | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 | Alternative total world-views. Historical glimpses: The world of the engineer. • The romantic reaction. Some diagnoses: what went wrong?• Deep ecology, an in-depth inquiry | Gaard & Gruen (L&R:21), Warren & Cheyney (L&R:22); Deep ecology: Fox (L&R: 19) Næss (L&R:20)From Witoszek and Brennan, chapters 15-22 (Næss, French, Callicott, Fox, Brennan) + chapters 26-37 (Sale, Næss, Zimmermann, Salleh, Warren, Hallen, Bookchin) + Chapter 51, Anker. |
| 23.10.2006 | Espen Gamlund | SUM, 4th floor. 12.15-14.00 | Colloquium 4. Deep Ecology and its Critics | Fox (L&R:19), Næss (L&R:20), Næss (W&B:1), Næss & Sessions (W&B:2) – Witoszek & Brennan (chapters 15-22 and 26-37) |
| 24.10.2006 | Per Ariansen | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 | Environment as a political issue. Briefly on the tragedy of the commons. • The idea of sustainability. • Briefly on environmental justice. • Briefly on future generations | Hardin The Tragedy of the Commons, Scherer (L&R:25 sustainability. Barry (L&R: 38 sustainability, future generations, Partridge, Ekeli, Environmental Values 13 (2004):421-48: Environmental risks, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Ethics |
| 25.10.2006 | Espen Gamlund | SUM, 4th floor. 12.15-14.00 | Colloquium 5. Environmental Politics and Justice | Barry (L&R:38), Partridge (future generations ), Ekeli (Environmental risks, Uncertainty and Intergenerational Ethics) |
| 26.10.2006 | Per Ariansen | SUM, 4th floor, 14.15-16.00 | Time buffer and occasion to review topics | |
| 30.10.2006 | Espen Gamlund | SUM, 4th floor. 12.15-14.00 | Colloquium 6 | Time buffer and occasion to review topics.The exam will be handed out after the colloquium. |
| 09.11.2006 | Exam to be handed in to SUM reception before 10am. |
Teaching plan
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