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STP606: Sustainability Ethics

This unit explores the philosophical underpinnings of the environmental and sustainable development challenges facing humanity. Sustainability Ethics aims to critically reflect upon our beliefs and practices and the assumptions underlying them. The unit is specifically aimed at exploring the ethical foundations of sustainable living with a particular emphasis given to bringing together theory and practice.

Related Unit Codes:

Points

4

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external

Contact Time

Lectures: 1 hour per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week.

Prerequisites

Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

Notes

Graduate, Postgraduate and Honours students should enrol in the higher-level code for this unit except where the course structure states otherwise.

School

School of Sustainability

Unit Coordinator

Associate Professor Bradley Pettitt

  • Position:
Dean - School of Sustainability
  • E-mail:
B.Pettitt@murdoch.edu.au
  • Location:
Murdoch Campus
Social Sciences
Room 3.017
  • Phone:
    Prefix: +618
9360 6465
Unit Contacts
Contact Phone
Prefix: +618
Location
Teaching Period(s)
Associate Professor Bradley Pettitt
Dean - School of Sustainability
(B.Pettitt@murdoch.edu.au)
9360 6465 Murdoch Campus
Social Sciences
Room 3.017
MURDOCH S1: Internal
(16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009)
 
MURDOCH S1: External
(16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009)
 
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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:

APMISIN

Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)

CEJTOKYO

Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)

JKURASHIKI

NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)

KDUPG

KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)

KDUPJ

KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)

SGP-REPOLY

Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)

SMANUFED

Singapore Manufacturing Federation

ZHENGZHOU

Zhengzhou University (China)