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180049 SE Climate Change and Moral Disengagement (2022W)

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 18 - Philosophie
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 07.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 14.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 21.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 28.10. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 04.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 11.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien
  • Friday 18.11. 13:15 - 16:30 Hörsaal 3C, NIG Universitätsstraße 7/Stg. II/3. Stock, 1010 Wien

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

This seminar will consider first some of the moral problems raised by global climate change, such as justice towards climate refugees, future generations, non-human sentient species, and questions about individual obligations. Then it will discuss the so-called motivational gap, i.e., the gap between our full awareness of the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change and our lack of proper reaction to it, as well as the psychological mechanisms humans develop to live with the latter.

Assessment and permitted materials

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Regular attendance and active participation in discussion (15%), seminar presentation (25%), and a term paper on a topic chosen in consultation with the instructor (60%). Detailed instructions for writing your paper will be given in the seminar.

All these evaluation components are required for successfully completing this course. Only one unexcused absence is permitted.

Grading scale:
100-90 pts -- very good
89-80 pts -- good
79-66 pts -- satisfactory
65-51 pts -- sufficient
50-0 pts -- insufficient

Examination topics

Reading list

John Nolt, Environmental Ethics for the Long Term, Routledge 2014
Wouter Peeters et al., Climate Change and Individual Responsibility, Palgrave, 2015
Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, Worth Publishers, 2016

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