Ethics Articles

Environmental Ethics

Sustainable Design in Ghana: An Ethical Reflection

Report on a student project to design an affordable, durable, sustainable, and socially acceptable house for Ghana
Nathan Rogers, SCU '12, and Matt Jensen, SCU '12

A Recycling Dilemma

Steve and his housemates have thrown a big party. When he gets up the next morning, he finds that his friends have bagged up all the trash without recycling. What should he do?
Callie Tepper, Jared Pizzo, Andrw Kells, Kyle Dand

Subdued by What We Conquered

An analysis of the green theology of Pope Benedict XVIs encyclical Caritas in Veritate (in the National Catholic Reporter)
David DeCosse

Ethics and the Wild

Reflections on Jack London's "Call of the Wild," and what it has to teach us about the environment
David DeCosse and Emily Hawley

Sustainability Initiative at Santa Clara

As part of the Sustainability Initative at Santa Clara, Professor Shrader-Frechette will offer a lecture on Environmental Injustice and Catholic Social Ethics: The Reality of the Issues and the Scope of our Response. Dr. Shrader-Frechette will also offer the keynote presentation for Western Conversations 2010: Sustainability and Environmental Justice on Jesuit Campuses,hosted by Santa Clara University.

Ethics at Noon: The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and the Precautionary Principle

A discussion of ethics and risk in the aftermath of a disaster. Panelists will be: Kenneth Manaster, Presidential Professor of Ethics and the Common Good, SCU Law Michael Meyer, Professor, SCU Philosophy Keith Warner, Professor, SCU Religious Studies and Center for Science, Technology, and Society

Oil Spill: Managing Risk Ethically

Podcast of an Emerging Issues Group Meeting on the Oil Spill.
Emerging Issues Group

Thinking Ethically About the Environment

An introduction to a short course in environmental ethics
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

An autobiography of your relationship with the Earth

Lesson 1 in the environmental ethics short course asks students to tell the story of their experiences, emotions, and commitments to the Earth
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Distinctiveness of environmental ethics

Lesson 2 in the environmental ethics short course shows the connection between environmental ethics and personal or social ethics
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Using ethical principles in moral reasoning about the environment

Lesson 3 in the environmental short course reviews justice and sustainability; sufficiency and compassion; solidarity and participation.
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Ethical Dimension of Sustainability

Lesson 4 in the environmental ethics short course offers a definition of sustainability and its relationship to justice
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Environmental Justice

Lesson 5 in the environmental ethics short course explores the impact of environmental degradation on low income communities and the right to a clean environment
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Environmental Virtue Ethics

Lesson 6 in the environmental ethics short course describes the classic virtues in light on the environmental crisis and describes how to cultivate new environmental virtues.
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Role of Science in Environmental Ethics

Lesson 7 in the environmental ethics short course looks at the relationship of scienceparticularly ecologyto environmental ethics.
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Precaution and the responsibility principle

Lesson 8 in the environmental ethics short course examines the idea that decision-making in relation to potentially catastrophic environmental risks demands a special precautionary approach
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Climate ethics

Lesson 9 in the environmental ethics short course confronts climate disruption
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Religious environmental ethics

Lesson 10 in the environmental ethics short course looks at the idea that the Earth has religious significance and that humans have religious obligations to care for its creatures
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Eating and agricultural ethics

Lesson 11 in the environmental ethics short course explores food in an ethical context.
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

An environmental ethics decision-making guide

Lesson 12 in the environmental ethics short course introduces an ethical decision making model
Keith Douglass Warner OFM, with David DeCosse

Common Grounds, Common Waters: Toward a Water Ethic

Proceedings from a conference held in March 2008 at Santa Clara University
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Undergraduate Fellowship in Environmenal Ethics

Highlighting the work of undergraduate fellows focused on sustainability

Environmental Ethics and the Culture of Sustainability at Santa Clara University

An anthropological study of how Santa Clara University students understand, define, and express environmental values as individuals and members of the campus community
Meghan Mooney

Sustainability: Reflections on a Smart Imperative

A review of ethical challenges in building a solar house.
James Bickford

Green Building

A case study on the construction of Santa Clara University's sustainable building, Kennedy Commons.
Meredith Swineheart

Climate Change and Justice Between Generations

William Sundstrom and Keith Warner discuss the ethics and economics of global warming
Suruchi Bhutani

Who Cares About Biodiversity?

An interview with Geoffrey Bowker, director of the SCU Center for Science, Technology, and Society.
Miriam Schulman

Looking to the Future: Salmon Conservation Through Applied Ethics and Spirituality

A new approach to salmon conservation from the 2006 Student Ethics Research Conference
Christina Loraine Mogren

Environmentally Sustainable Building

Talk at the dedication of SCU's Kennedy Commons
Meredith Swinehart

New Narrative for Biodiversity

Geoffrey Bowker discusses why we should care about biodiversity.

What Are Environmental Ethics?

A short coursewith lesson plansfor beginners.
Keith Warner OFM and David DeCosse

Environmental Ethics Lesson Plan 1

Autobiography of your relationship with the earth
Keith Warner OFM and David DeCosse

Environmental Ethics Lesson Plan 2

: The distinctiveness of environmental ethics, including the who, when, where, how, and what.
Keith Warner OFM and David DeCosse

Environmental Ethics Lesson Plan 3

A decision-making model demonstrating the reasoning and principles used in environmental ethics.
Keith Warner OFM and David DeCosse

Environmental Ethics Web Links

Internet resources keyed to an introductory course in environmental ethics.

Environmental Ethics bibliography

A reading list keyed to an introductory course on environmental ethics