Course Details
Country:
Netherlands
Institution:
Free University of Amsterdam Summer School
Course Title:
Environmental Justice in Theory and Practice - 2025
Course Number:
Course Description:
This summer course will introduce students to environmental justice from a variety of perspectives. We will engage with philosophical attempts to identify normative standards for what can be considered a just allocation of the benefits and burdens of environmental action. This includes questions such as: Should everybody have equal access to vital ecosystem services? Should rich countries pay for climate change adaptation in poorer countries? If so to what extent? But we will also critically scrutinize the value of philosophical reasoning as an approach to environmental justice. Does philosophy provide us with much needed impartial principles to guide our actions or is it too much of an armchair discipline, removed from what is going on in the ‘real world’? Is listening to stakeholders’ claims and the demands of environmental justice movements and activists a more practically relevant way to make sense of environmental justice?
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
CRIM 490
Attachment Files:
Syllabus Environmental Justice VUASS 2024.pdf
