Jim's post includes an interesting question:
"Should teaching environmental ethics entail the promotion of
a position of commitment to an environmental ethic?"
What do we think?
Should values be taught?'
Since we are human is it possible to teach without our personal values
colouring what we do?
What would a society become if it did not teach values?
But How do we decide who's values should be perpetuated?
Should education be about how to think rather than what to believe?
Any takers?
Yours PK
>fyi.
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>Subject: Special journal edition on "Teaching Environmental Ethics"
>Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 16:12:46 -0000
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> Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion: Call for Papers
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> Papers are invited for a special edition of the
>journal Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion, on "Teaching
>Environmental Ethics".
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> The edition will have two sections. The first will
>address more theoretical questions such as: "Why teach environmental
>ethics? Should teaching environmental ethics entail the promotion of
>a position of commitment to an environmental ethic?" The second
>section will focus on the more practical teaching of environmental
>ethics, asking contributors to discuss and reflect on issues such as
>how they actually teach classes, what material they include and
>whether there are particular techniques or settings (such as the
>outdoors, the use of field trips) that enhance or detract from their
>teaching.
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> Papers are welcomed not only from those who teach
>environmental ethics within philosophy and religious studies, but
>also from those who incorporate it into their teaching in subjects
>such as biology, environmental science, management studies or
>geography. The maximum length of papers will be 4000 words; given the
>nature of this edition there is no minimum length, as it is expected
>that some contributions will be quite short. All papers will be
>reviewed in line with the journal's normal procedure. However, the
>final choice of articles will depend not only on merit, but also on
>considerations of how well they fit thematically with the set of
>papers finally chosen for publication in the special issue.
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> Papers should be submitted by March 1st 2004, but
>expressions of interest to the editor would be welcomed as soon as
>possible. Please contact [log in to unmask] if you are
>interested in contributing to this special edition.
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> Clare Palmer
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> Centre for Philosophy
> Institute for Environment, Philosophy and Public Policy
> Furness College
> Lancaster University
> Lancaster LA1 4YG
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> Phone: +44(0)1524 592501
> Fax: +44 (0)1524 592503
> e-mail [log in to unmask]
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