Douglas Lind: Teaching |
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Douglas Lind has
developed and taught a number of courses at the University of Idaho. Below
are descriptions, syllabi, and website links for some of his current and recent
courses. For
the complete list of courses click
Here
For courses taught through National Judicial College, Reno,
Nevada and The Professional Education Group, Inc see
Judicial/Legal Seminars |
Core 101: Bioethics
(syllabus) Fall 2003 and Core 102: Bioethics (syllabus)
Spring 2004
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This year-long, freshmen-level course
examines several historical and current topics at the interface of
science, ethics, and law. Students are introduced to basic elements of
biological science, jurisprudence, and ethical theory and reasoning
through studying a variety of issues in biomedical, health care, and
environmental ethics and policy. Issued covered include abortion,
euthanasia, stem cell research, cloning, genetically modified foods, human
population growth and control, aging, eugenics, informed consent,
HIV/AIDS, health care and poverty, sustainable development, legal
enforcement of morality, and research ethics and methods.
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Phil 452/EnvS
552: Environmental Philosophy
Fall 2001
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Over the past three decades a new area of
philosophical study has emerged — environmental philosophy. Philosophers
have turned to the environment in practical response to the multitude of
ecological problems modern industrial society has spawned, from the
everyday air and water pollution with which many people live to wilderness
destruction, ozone depletion, toxic waste dumpsites and lake beds, species
extinction, and so on. This course will examine several such pressing
environmental issues, using both philosophical and non-philosophical
source material. After studying basic background material in analytic
philosophy, especially classical philosophical approaches to ethical
theory and moral valuation, we will survey the major approaches
philosophers and other theoreticians have adopted toward confronting and
resolving various environmental problems. This will take us through
several readings into what could be called the “greening” of ethics, where
we will inquire into the concept of “moral community,” i.e., the realm of
objects (human “persons”, members of other species, places, things)
entitled to moral consideration. We will also examine several so-called
‘radical’ ecological movements whose proponents maintain that the only way
to resolve the current spate of environmental problems is by fundamentally
transforming modern society and revising how we look at the human-nature
relationship. During the final part of the semester we will search for
philosophical justification in the competing and increasingly rancorous
ecoactivism, environmental justice, wise use, and property rights
movements.
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Phil 490:
Senior Seminar: Wittgenstein
(syllabus)
Spring 2003
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This course provides an introduction to the later philosophy of Ludwig
Wittgenstein. It will concentrate on a number of Wittgensteinian ‘themes’
such as language-games, rule-following, forms of life, pictures,
practices, and the relevance of philosophy, studying the development of
these ideas within a cross-section of important Wittgensteinian texts.
The course will follow a seminar format, requiring substantial class
participation, and be writing intensive.
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Phil 571: Ecological
Jurisprudence
(syllabus)
Fall 2004
Grades
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This course explores the nature of law at the intersection of nature and
culture. The course begins with the consideration of the cultural
dependency of law – whether the structure and content of law is culturally
dependent or universal and independent of origin and background.
From there, it examines the general nature of law as viewed throughout
Western jurisprudential history, placing particular emphasis on the
concept of property. From there the course turns to challenges to
that Western framework that charge it with cultural hegemony and
exploitation. The challenges begin within Western culture with the
philosophy of Karl Marx. Then it moves outside the West to
contemporary writings drawn mainly from African and American Indian
perspectives. Throughout, the course students will consider
influences from the philosophy of pragmatism. The course will follow
a seminar format, requiring substantial class participation, and be
writing intensive.
Last update:
22-Nov-2005
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