Earth Ethics: Moral, Spiritual and Cultu

Earth Ethics is a framework for examining the ways in which human societies interrelate with natural systems, and the implications for our collective decision-making and behavior. This includes queries such as: how do we respond to the reality that those hurt first and worst by the modern megatrends of pollution and depletion are generally those least responsible for causing them? What are the laws, policies and social norms that undergird those megatrends? What are our responsibilities to future generations? What values shape our relationships with other species? In the pursuit of sustainability, what exactly are we sustaining and why? How does social change happen? Drawing from faith and wisdom traditions as well as science and history, this course will explore the moral, spiritual, and cultural dimensions of our global ecological circumstances and discern the principles and framing questions that should guide our response.