Aspects of Climate Change: Ethics, Economics, and Psychology

Dozent/in	Prof. Dr. phil. Martin Hartmann
Veranstaltungsart	Hauptseminar
Code	FS231543
Semester	Frühjahrssemester 2023
Durchführender Fachbereich	Philosophie
Studienstufe	Bachelor Master
Termin/e	wöchentlich (Mi), ab 22.02.2023, 10:15 - 12:00 Uhr, 3.B48
Umfang	2 Semesterwochenstunden
Turnus	Wöchentlich
Inhalt	Climate Change raises many challenging questions: Are we all responsible to the same degree for the existence of the problem? If not, who is responsible for taking up necessary measures to lessen the impact of climate change? How much should we invest today to prevent potential future damage (the discounting problem)? Are the moral categories we apply to climate change really up to the problem? What prevents us from more radical forms of reforming our ways of life? Should we rethink our whole way of conceptualizing nature (and our place in nature)? In this seminar we want to tackle these and others questions. To get a better understanding of climate change we will also have to learn some of the sad facts of change brought about by human interventions. Most of the literature is advanced philosophical literature but we will also read economic and psychological material.
Schlagworte	Nachhaltigkeit
Voraussetzungen	Attendance of at least one proseminar in philosophy with completed (graded) written seminar paper. (Exception: free study achievements)
Sprache	Englisch
Abschlussform / Credits	Aktive Teilnahme (Essay, Protokoll) / 4 Credits (für alle Module ohne anderslautende Angabe) Bestätigte Teilnahme und Essay, Protokoll / 3 Credits (für Modul Philosophie) Benotete schriftliche Arbeit / 6 Credits (für Modul Philosophie) Bestätigte Teilnahme und Essay, Protokoll / 3 Credits (für Modul Philosophie) Benotete schriftliche Arbeit / 6 Credits (für Modul Philosophie)
Hörer-/innen	Ja
Kontakt	bea.schuler@unilu.ch
Literatur	Dale Jamieson, Reason in a Dark Time: Why the Struggle Against Climate Change Failed – And What it Means for Our Future, 2017. Henry Shue: Climate Justice: Vulnerablilty and Protection, 2016. Darrel Moellendorf: The Moral Challenge of Dangerous Climate Change, Values, Poverty, and Policy, 2014. Darrel Moellendorf: Mobilizing Hope: Climage Change and Global Poverty, 2022. Stephen M. Gardiner, A Perfect Moral Storm: The Ethical Tragedy of Climate Change, 2013.