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= Environmental Ethics 135 - SUMMER 2013 - MAY 15th TO June 21st =

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 * Monday, April 15 **

I will post more information later (hopefully next weekend) but there are some key dates that you need to know about. These are included below. I've also included some basic information about the course.


 * KEY DATES**

**Wednesday, May 15 - 7 pm to 9 pm** - ORIENTATION/INTRODUCTORY LECTURE - Founders Hall 172, Modesto Jr. College east campus - MANDATORY


 * Thursday, May 16 to Thursday, June 13th - ONLINE - we will only meet online which will consist mostly of submitted assignments and discussions with one another about the readings. **


 * Friday, June 14th to Monday, June 17th - [|HIGH SIERRA INSTITUTE] at BAKER STATION on Highway 108 (about one hour east of Sonora and close to Sonora pass. The elevation is 6,100', it's gorgeous, and it abuts a wilderness area. Click the High Sierra Institute link above for more information. **


 * ** We will arrive separately (each student is responsible for their own transportation) at Baker Station on Friday, June 14th and then stay in dorms (or you may camp as I do), prepare meals in the equipped kitchen, participate in classes in one of two classrooms inside or outside!, hike, enjoy campfires and return on Monday, June 17th. No drugs. No alcohol, no wifi, no cell phone (there are resident caretakers and an emergency phone but unless it's an emergency we are off the grid for a couple days. : ) ) **


 * Specific class times at Baker station are as follows: **


 * ** Friday, June 14th - Noon to 5 pm (check in, orientation, initial seminar-style class). **
 * ** Saturday, Sunday, Monday, June 15, 16, 17 - two seminar-style sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Each is roughly 2.5 to 3 hours each. **
 * ** Time will also be allotted for hiking, reflection-time, working on your assignments, meals (we generally bring our own food and cook/eat together), and campfires. **


 * Friday, June 21st - FINAL PAPER DUE via email submission. **


 * Please note: if you cannot make the mandatory high sierra dates (please do not enroll in the course!) **


 * TEXT/BOOKS**** - We will use a reader that covers a diversity of readings and perspectives on environmental ethics from both the analytic, pragmatic and continental traditions in philosophy. The reader will also include peer-reviewed/scholarship information by the scientific community. In general, while I am committed to accurately representing the latest scholarship in the academy (ie, the sciences, humanities and of course philosophy) - ie, relying primarily on peer-reviewed journal publications and university presses, I am not interested in pushing a particular point of view. **


 * Instead I emphasize the importance of a) understanding scholarship in the academy when relevant, b) exploring and critically evaluating arguments by scholars and others with respect to the environment. It is my hope that through our close readings of texts and discussions therein that I will come away with a broader, more nuanced and deeper appreciation for the complexity of issues surrounding environmental ethics. Welcome!! **

BILL