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A Pragmatic, Co-operative Approach To Teaching Environmental Ethics

LA129853

انگلیسی

A Pragmatic, Co-operative Approach To Teaching Environmental Ethics

[Article]

Daniel Shapiro, David Takacs, Daniel Shapiro, et al.

Leiden

Brill

"Our pragmatic, cooperative approach to teaching environmental ethics at California State University Monterey Bay nurtures students' moral development in both their public and private realms by putting into practice three principles. First, to propose what "we ought to do," students must first think deeply about what " I ought to do." Second, adequately justifying what "I ought to do" and what "we ought to do" requires that students acknowledge, understand, and respect differing perspectives. Third, a course that does not advocate for a particular environmental ethic enhances rather than inhibits students' moral development. This paper describes how-and why-we have designed our course in accordance to these three principles. Our pragmatic, cooperative approach to teaching environmental ethics at California State University Monterey Bay nurtures students' moral development in both their public and private realms by putting into practice three principles. First, to propose what "we ought to do," students must first think deeply about what " I ought to do." Second, adequately justifying what "I ought to do" and what "we ought to do" requires that students acknowledge, understand, and respect differing perspectives. Third, a course that does not advocate for a particular environmental ethic enhances rather than inhibits students' moral development. This paper describes how-and why-we have designed our course in accordance to these three principles."

2004

243-266

Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology

8/2-3

1568-5357

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

ETHICAL PLURALISM

ETHICAL RELATIVISM

PEDAGOGY

PRAGMATISM

Daniel Shapiro

David Takacs

10.1163/1568535042690736

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[Article]

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