| CODE | MRT5103 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Environmental Ethics and Economics | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit focuses on the principle of sustainable economic development. The central ethical problem with a growing economy is precisely the problem of integrating economic growth within a broad vision of human development. This is an inclusive vision of human development, focusing on the risks to humanity in general, especially to the vulnerable sections of the population, when ecological considerations are ignored. There is a complex set of issues to be addressed. These issues represent aspects of what is generally described as the impact of economic growth on those conditions that ensure a fully human life for each and every person. A safe and healthy environment is not simply one among several other values. In so far as the environment in which we live determines significantly the quality of our personal and social life, the integration of economic growth with the care of the environment constitutes a central ethical imperative today. Study-Unit Aims: - To increase awareness of the seriousness of the ecological issues we are facing and how rooted they are in our economic models; - To consider the general ethical perspective in which economic growth needs to be assessed; - To consider questions of value and of which particular economic, social and political values can sustain human life in the long haul; - To enable participants to learn from each other about the relationship between economics and the environment by creating an online learning community; - To facilitate collaborative learning in a scaffolded approach. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - explain how economic growth must be understood within a broader understanding of human goods and life and not as an end in itself; - present the UN 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development and how it integrates economic growth with a sustainable development; - explain the relation between economic growth and demographic changes; the ethics of consumption; and Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility; - present the shift from a linear to a circular economy; - set up a personal blog to showcase one's ideas and work [already set up for other study-units; - present personal opinions in an online blog. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - analyse the general ethical perspective in which economic growth needs to be assessed; - appropriate the main approaches to the ethics of development; - debate within a community of engaged learners, articulating and defending one's position; - engage critically with different opinions; - create a podcast on an identified topic which will be uploaded to their e-portfolio. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Cortina, Adela, Por una etica del consumo: La ciudadania del consumador en un mondo global (Madrid, 2002). - Crocker, David A, Ethics of Global Development (Cambridge, 2008). - Crocker, David A and Linden Toby ed. Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, justice and Global Stewardship ( Lanham, MD, 1998). - Pope Francis, Laudato Si, (Vatican City, 2015), nn. 101-198. Supplementary Readings: - UN, The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015). - EU, Next Steps for sustainable European future: European action for sustainability. Com (2016) 739. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Independent Study and Online Learning | ||||||||||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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