Seminar: Climate Change and Ethical Challenges

ENE452 Seminar: Climate Change and Ethical Challenges

Autumn 2024

  • Topics

    This course is about ethical issues related to climate change such as various ethical theories and the question about international and inter-generational allocation among other things.

    The following topics are relevant for discussion in lectures and student groups:

    • ethical perspectives of climate change
    • ethical perspectives of sustainability, or lack of sustainability, in general.
    • ethics and the precautionary principle
    • research & science ethics
    • ethics of science-policy interactions
    • ethics and geoengineering
    • climate science and social values
    • various ethical cases/questions

  • Learning outcome

    Upon successful completion the student

    Knowledge

    • knows some basic ethical theories
    • knows the basics of climate change and related ethical challenges 
    • is familiar with international aspects and possible conflicts between rich and poor countries related to climate change
    • is familiar with intergenerational aspects and challenges of climate change
    • is familiar with uncertainty and policy issues of global warming - knows geoengineering principles and related ethical issues
    • has fundamental knowledge about the principles for sustainability

    Skills

    • can discuss and reflect on ethical questions of climate change
    • can apply basic ethical theories to climate change challenges

    General competences

    • has practice preparing and discussing ethical problems in small and large groups
    • has in-depth insight into some of the ethical challenges of climate change and sustainability

  • Teaching

    One week long intensive course with lectures and student group activities.

  • Credit reduction due to overlap

    None.

  • Compulsory Activity

    Physical attendance at lectures is mandatory. 

  • Assessment

    3 days individual home exam (publication day 1 at 09.00, submission day 3 by 14.00)

  • Grading Scale

    Pass - Fail.

  • Literature

    To be published in Leganto.

Overview

ECTS Credits
2.5
Teaching language
English.
Semester

Autumn. Offered autumn 2024 (last week of the semester)

Course responsible

Professor Stein Ivar Steinshamn, Department of Business and Management Science.