Environmental Ethics

Major: Environmental Studies
Code of subject: 6.101.02.E.087
Credits: 4.00
Department: Ecology and Sustainable Environmental Management
Lecturer: PhD, Assoc. Prof., Berezyuk Dariya
Semester: 7 семестр
Mode of study: денна
Learning outcomes: Program competencies: • the ability to exercise their rights and responsibilities as a member of society, to realize the values ??of civil (free democratic) society and the need for its sustainable development, the rule of law, human and civil rights and freedoms in Ukraine. • ability to understand the basic concepts, theoretical and practical problems in the field of environmental ethics, which are necessary for analysis and decision-making in the field of ecology, environmental protection and environmental management. Program results: • Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of environmental ethics in order to achieve results with an emphasis on professional integrity and responsibility for decision-making. Learning outcomes: To teach students the principles of moral behavior in society and education status of respect for wildlife. - Peculiarities of morals, the ratio of different religions to environmental protection, - Environmental Ukrainian tradition, - Environmental ethics as a manifestation of ecological awareness of each student. - Etiquette as a manifestation of moral culture personality, - have basic concepts and terminology of ethics; - Acquire skills of solving ethical problems of preserving, protecting and improving the environment.
Required prior and related subjects: • Classical ecology • Ecotoxicology • Вasics of the scientific research
Summary of the subject: Earth and Man. The subject of ethics. Features of functioning of morality. The relationship between ethics and morality. The main religious and ethical teachings and their relation to nature. The ethical category. Environmental and ethical traditions of Ukrainian. The development of environmental ethics as a science. An overview of different concepts and trends in environmental ethics. Ethical Principles and Rules for the Treatment of nature. Categories of environmental ethics. Environmental awareness and its role Environment.
Assessment methods and criteria: • Current control, oral examination (40%) • final control (control measure, test): written-oral form (60%)
Recommended books: 1. Березюк Д.О., Мальований М.С. та інш. Екологічна етика Навч. посібн. – Львів: БаК, 2010 – 268 с. 2. Борейко В.Є., Подобайло А.В. Екологічна етика. Навч. посібн. - Київ: Фітосоціоцентр, 2004. - 116 с. 3. Савельєв Віктор Петрович Етика. Навч. посібн..- Львів:"Магнолія 2006", 2007. - 256с. 4. Марушевський Г.Б. Етика збалансованого розвитку: Монографія. - К.: Центр екологічної освіти та інформації, 2008. - 440 с.