Values Seminar, ASC 400: Environmental Ethics. class meets: MWF 11:00-11:50, LC 222A. Dr. John Serembus 1 and Dr. Bruce W. Grant 2 College of Arts and Sciences Widener University, Chester, PA, 19013. 1 Humanities Division, Department of Philosophy, JHS office: #9 Loveland Hall, *4356, jhserembus@mail.widener.edu 2 Science Division, Department of Biology, BWG office: Kirk 414, *4017, bwgrant@widener.edu Current Assignments. Course Description and Objectives. Course Structure, Requirements, and Assessment. Class Schedule. Representative Ethical Issues We Explore. Environmental Ethics Projects Students Have Done. Please Read This Comment.

“a systematic account of the moral relations between human beings and their natural environment. Environmental ethics assumes that moral norms can and do govern human behavior toward the natural world. A theory of environmental ethics, then, must go on to explain what these norms are, to whom or to what humans have responsibilities, and how those responsibilities are justified” (DesJardins. 2006. Environmental Ethics).

• To improve your skills at ethical reasoning and evidence-based judgment in environmental decision-making by investigating important, current, and controversial environmental issues that affect us all,
  
  
• To improve your analytic skills at critiquing and assessing the credibility and validity of ethical and scientific arguments in order to make better judgments, perceive deeper questions, and comprehend underlying concerns,
  
  
• To improve your oral and written communication skills as a way of knowing.
  
  

       Since the goals of this course involve your being able to make reasonable and informed decisions about the major environmental issues of our time, the principal method of teaching these skills will be “learning by doing” in class. Thus, our curriculum is a problem-based case-study approach using current events to catalyze learning.

       This semester, we will use The New York Times as curriculum. The NYT is written in accessible, non-technical language, and represents the mainstream corporate media. Free print copies of the NYTimes can be picked up in the University Center, Kirkbride first floor lobby, the Library, and other locations across campus. In addition, you should create a free account and read online by logging on at (http://www.nytimes.com) and following the directions.

       We will use the newspaper to stimulate discussion and generate ideas for paper topics. Reading articles in the paper every day that are relevant to this course and bringing the paper in its entirety to each class meeting are required, and we will be using frequent in-class assessments to help you to remember to do this homework.

       There is no formal textbook for this course; however, if you want more background information about this course topic, there are a large number of outstanding internet resources on ethics and environmental ethics, and used books of these titles are cheaply and readily available online (www.half.com is especially good).

       All sections of the Values Seminar require a major research paper. This paper will count for 50% of your final grade. The generation of paper topics and the composition and drafting of these projects will make up a significant portion of our work this semester. All stages of the assignment are required, and all pieces count towards the final grade on the paper. These pieces include:


• Freewritings and informal responses as you work through topics,
  
• A four to five page proposal, including annotated bibliography,
  
• Progress reports both written and oral,
  
• Group workshopping of drafts,
  
• A preliminary 8-page draft.
  

The other 50% will be comprised of:


• in-class writings and activities mostly drawn from reading and discussion of The New York Times – these are meant to stimulate debate and generate ideas for paper topics, as well as provide larger context for the specific issues we will be discussing. During the first week of class, we will put you into groups of four or five. Each Friday, one group will be responsible for presenting a set of NYTimes articles (one per group member) to focus upon, and lead a brief ethical discussion/ debate. Each presentation of each article will consist of a 5 slide powerpoint show of
  • (1) article title slide [and full citation], a cover image, with the presenter's name and group #,
  • (2) summary of the main points of the article including quotes as needed,
  • (3 & 4) two additional information slides from additional sources with important background to the issue, and
  • (5) bulleted list of discussion questions.
  The rest of the class will participate, concluding with a brief response writing.
  
• current events presentations throughout the semester on issues drawn from our reading of The New York Times.
  
• class participation – You are required to attend class and contribute to class discussion in a constructive manner (see Course Attendance Policy below).
  

Plagiarism.

       Widener University regards dishonesty on the part of students as unacceptable behavior. This includes but is not limited to plagiarism, handing in another’s (either a student’s or a professional’s work as your own, or cheating.

       Plagiarism is a serious academic offense. It is the unattributed use of another’s work. In essence you are stealing someone else’s thoughts or words. Every word you write must be your own. If you use someone else’s ideas you must give that author credit through correct documentation. We will discuss plagiarism and how to avoid it in class. Unintentional plagiarism is just as bad as intentional plagiarism.

       If plagiarism does occur, however, the university has policies to deal with it: The minimum penalty for individuals who have committed academic fraud will be failure in the course. For a second offense, the penalty will be failure in the course and expulsion from the university.

Course Attendance Policy.

       Since many activities occur at the beginning of class, you must arrive on time to each class. You should not assume that missed in-class assignments can be made up. Many cannot be.

       We will be enforcing the University-wide class attendance policy as described in the Student Handbook. Students who are absent without a valid excuse (as defined in the Handbook) four, five, or six times will receive a full letter grade reduction, and more than six unexcused absences will result in an F. According to the Handbook, if you know you will be absent (e.g. due to a prior commitment or lengthy illness) you should notify us in advance to schedule to make up work.

The Writing Center.

       The Writing Center – in Old Main Annex, x4332 – is an invaluable resource. They will not write your papers for you, nor will they simply edit your papers, but they will assist you in any stage of the writing process, from brainstorming to revision.

class #	date	topic
#1	Mon, Jan 12	Introduction
#2	Wed, Jan 14	Introduction to Ethical Thinking
#3	Fri, Jan 16	Video: "Laid to Waste"
	Mon, Jan 19	Martin Luther King Day of Service
#4	Wed, Jan 21	Applied Ethical Thinking: Environmental Racism
#5	Fri, Jan 23	Current Events 1
#6	Mon, Jan 26	The Scientific Method
#7	Wed, Jan 28	DVD "Inconvenient Truth" - part 1
#8	Fri, Jan 30	Current Events 2
#9	Mon, Feb 2	DVD "Inconvenient Truth" - part 2
#10	Wed, Feb 4	Applying Ethical Thinking: Global Environmental Change
#11	Fri, Feb 6	Current Events 3
#12	Mon, Feb 9	DVD "Life and Debt" - part 1
#13	Wed, Feb 11	DVD "Life and Debt" - part 2
#14	Fri, Feb 13	Current Events 4
#15	Mon, Feb 16	Applying Ethical Thinking: Globalization - part 1
#16	Wed, Feb 18	Applying Ethical Thinking: Globalization - part 2
#17	Fri, Feb 20	Current Events 5
#18	Mon, Feb 23	Applying Ethical Thinking: Globalization - part 3
#19	Wed, Feb 25	Applying Ethical Thinking: Globalization - part 4
#20	Fri, Feb 27	Current Events 6 and Preliminary Course Project Proposals Due
	Mon, Mar 2	*** spring break ***
	Wed, Mar 4	*** spring break ***
	Fri, Mar 6	*** spring break ***
#21	Mon, Mar 9	DVD "King Corn" - part 1
#22	Wed, Mar 11	DVD "King Corn" - part 2
#23	Fri, Mar 13	Current Events 7
#24	Mon, Mar 16	Applying Ethical Thinking: Our Food Supply
#25	Wed, Mar 18	Applying Ethical Thinking: Biofuels
#26	Fri, Mar 20	Current Events 8
#27	Mon, Mar 23	Course Project Proposals Due
#28	Wed, Mar 25	Course Project Work Day
#29	Fri, Mar 27	Current Events 9
#30	Mon, Mar 30	Applying Ethical Thinking: Topic TBA and "PROJECT EXAMS" begin
#31	Wed, Apr 1	Course Project Work Day
#32	Fri, Apr 3	Current Events 10
#33	Mon, Apr 6	Applying Ethical Thinking: Topic TBA
#34	Wed, Apr 8	"PROJECT EXAMS" due and Course Paper First Draft Due
	Fri, Apr 10	*** spring holiday ***
#35	Mon, Apr 13	Applying Ethical Thinking: Topic TBA
#36	Wed, Apr 15	Course Project Work Day
#37	Fri, Apr 17	Student Projects Day
#38	Mon, Apr 20	Project Presentations
#39	Wed, Apr 22	Project Presentations
#40	Fri, Apr 24	Project Presentations
#41	Mon, Apr 27	Project Presentations
#42	Wed, Apr 29	Final Course Discussion and Evaluation

There will be no Final Exam for this course.



• Spring 2008       Spring 2007       Spring 2006       Spring 2005       Spring 2004       Spring 2003       Spring 2002      
  Spring 2001       Fall 1999            Spring 1999       Spring 1998       Spring 1997

• Some believe that scientists should stay out of the political/social debate on the use of scientific information in society (other than providing purely factual testimony) because involvement in policy advocacy compromises their scientific objectivity. Whereas, others believe that scientists have a moral responsibility to become active and steer public policy and debate on the uses of the scientific knowledge they create. Explain where you would place yourself on this dichotomy.
  
  
• Many utilitarian philosophers (including economists who also trace their roots to utilitarianism) maintain that only the experiences of conscious/rational beings can have intrinsic moral value, and that everything else has value only as a means to increasing the happiness and reducing the suffering of conscious/rational individuals. Whereas others, motivated by a concern for the value of species, forests, wilderness, and ecosystems, argue that the utilitarian view is myopic or arbitrary and that these other beings or objects of environmental concern also have intrinsic moral worth. Explain where you would place yourself in relation to this dichotomy.
  
  
• Some believe that the essential resources upon which our global society depend are inherently created by human ingenuity and technology, thus, resources are fundamentally in unlimited supply. Whereas, others believe that the essential resources upon which our global society depend are inherently natural in origin, thus resources are fundamentally in limited supply. Explain where you would place yourself in relation to this dichotomy.
  
  
• Some believe that humans and our technological ecosystems exist within and are subject to the rules and processes of the ecosystems of the natural world. Whereas, others believe that nature exists within a human-made and manipulated landscape and natural systems function subject to our rules, economies, and decisions. In other words, do we exist within and are subject to the natural landscape or does the natural world exist within and is subject to the human landscape? Explain where you would place yourself in relation to this dichotomy.
  
  
• Please define international inequity. How is international inequity a cause of environmental degradation? Please use specific examples.
  
  
• Please define social inequity within a country. How is social inequity within a country a cause of environmental degradation? Please use specific examples.
  
  
• Please define gender inequity. How is gender inequity a cause of environmental degradation? Please use specific examples.
  
  
• Please define intergenerational inequity. How is intergenerational inequity a cause of environmental degradation? Please use specific examples.
  
  
• What could account for an observed correlation between female literacy rate and average family size when data from 93 nations are compared (see graph from class)? Please list all of the social, political, religious, and economic CAUSES you can think of for why this correlation occurs.
  
  
• Please define sustainable development. Please read the attached New York Times article and answer the following questions. A. Why are the Uwa Indians of Columbia opposed to oil exploration? B. Why does the Columbian government want to proceed with the exploration? C. Who is ultimately the cause of this conflict? - i.e. whose unsustainable behavior, economy, and environmental ethic is at the root of this conflict? Please explain your answer. Hint: think globally.
  

• The Pocono Shuffle. Students read an editorial article from the Philadelphia Inquirer on land use in Monroe County, PA, that discusses the debate over wetlands economic development verses the value of wetlands for ecosystem services (e.g. flood control), as well as the Ridge administration’s policy of non-enforcement of the Clean Water Act that petains to wetlands protection. Students are divided into teams that span the range of major stakeholders on this issue (local landowners, environmentalists, local government, state government, federal government, and insurance companies) and using a “role play” model they express the views of their assigned positions. Through this, the complexities of this issue are unravelled.
  
  
• Cameroon’s Miracle Cure. Students read an editorial article from the New Scientist that discusses the issues surrounding the development of a promising new drug in the fight against AIDS isolated from a vine from the rainforest in Cameroon. The issue is over how the National Cancer Institute (or some other governmental agency) can broker a royalty agreement with a pharmaceutical company to guarantee sufficient payback to Cameroon for being the discovery site for this drug. Students are divided into teams that span the range of major stakeholders on this issue (the people of Cameroon, the National Cancer Institute, and a major pharmaceutical company) and using a “role play” model they express the views of their assigned positions. Through this, the complexities of this issue are unravelled.
  
  
• The "RPOF" Mining Company. Students are presented with a proposal by an hypothetical mining company to extract gold from the area adjacent to a small and economically depressed Montana town, Bodunk, MO. Extraction will involve strip mining and toxic chemical extraction methods - as are typical of the industry. Students are divided into teams that span the range of major stakeholders on this issue (RPOF Mining Co., the people of Bodunk, environmentalists, the state and federal governments) and using a “role play” model they express the views of their assigned positions. An important message is that according to the Mining Act of 1872, which is still in effect, once the mining company stakes a claim, public leverage to either oppose the mine or in any way affect the mining company’s decisions is basically irrelevant.
  
  
• EXXONerating Our Oil suppliers? Students watch a video on the EXXON Valdez disaster and subsequent clean-up efforts. Students are divided into teams that span the range of major stakeholders on this issue (EXXON, the local fishermen, environmentalists, state funded scientists, the state and federal governments) and using a “role play” model they express the views of their assigned positions. Through this, the complexities of this issue are unravelled.
  
  
• NuClean in Chester. Students are presented with a proposal by an hypothetical environmental remediation company that is proposing to locate a major new facility in economically depressed Chester, PA, that will decomission and clean up outdated and/or damaged nuclear reactor cores from the US Navy’s fleet of nuclear submarines and other nuclear craft. Students are divided into teams that span the range of major stakeholders on this issue (the local residents in the community, environmentalists, NuClean Corporation, local government, the state and federal governments) and using a “role play” model they express the views of their assigned positions. Through this, the complexities of this issue are unravelled.
  
  
• Is the Right to Pollute the Air Wrong? According to the Clean Air Act Reauthorization, industries who emit many toxic chemicals into our regional air can either clean up their emissions or buy the rights to pollute over and above their allowable levels from some other industry that polluted under THEIR allowable levels (so called “tradeable pollution permits”). Students are divided into teams that span the range of major stakeholders on this issue (the local residents in the community, environmentalists, heavy industry, light industry, local government, the state and federal governments, and medical insurance companies) and using a “role play” model they express the views of their assigned positions. Through this, the complexities of this issue are unravelled.
  
  

• Papers from spring 2009.
• Ground Source Heating and Cooling Systems: the Key for Financial and Environmental Responsibility. Heather Drebitko.
• The Electric Car. John Masterpasqua.
• Hydrogen Powered Vehicle Alternatives. Derek P. Moore.
• Wind Energy: Why Should We Invest? Stephanie Rodriguez.
• Nuclear Power: The way to go. Scott E. Deisher.
• Nuclear Power: Energy of the Future? David Curran.
• Where Did All the Trash Go? Scott Cepietz.
• Plastic Bag Bans. Andrees D. Rivers.
• Coral Reefs Dying Out, Artificial Reefs Possible Solution. Ed Casciotti.
• Ozone depletion: The Worldwide Replacement of CFC’s. Matt Mull.
• China’s Levy System: Travesty or Triumph? Justin Serratore.
• Can Brazil Develop Sustainably? Sean McCray.
• An Unethical World Without the Baboons. Jill Intveld.
• Environmental Justice. Jessica Kitchen.
• Is Fair Trade Fair? Rachel Bulford
• Deer Overpopulation in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Shane Bigelow.
• ...more coming...


• Papers from spring 2008.
• Ocean Acidification: An Oceanic Cancer. Carla D’Oria.
• The Ripple Effect of Biofuels as an Alternative Energy Source. Lauren Counterman.
• Fishing For Fins: The Ethics of Killing Sharks for Their Fins. Jonathan Dardine.
• Overpopulation of Deer and the Environmental Impact. Christopher Della Pietra.
• The Policy and Ethics of a Carbon Economy. Daria DiSilvestro.
• Air Pollution and Ethics – Are Carbon Dioxide Emissions Wrong? Peter Fischer.
• The Ethics of Salmon Fisheries Depletion. Nicole Gutekunst.
• The Safety of Solid Waste Landfills. Joe Jordan.
• Amazonians and Deforestation: No Longer Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Caitlin Kirkpatrick.
• Is Carbon Sequestration an Ethical Solution to Anthropogenic Runaway Carbon Emission? Lauren Lucci.
• Ethics of Regulating Pollution from Chinese Coal. Ade Monyan.
• The City of Chicago Is Moving Towards a Green Revolution. Stephanie Sigda.
• Understanding Wind Energy: Why Wind Energy Should Be Used. Ashley Smith.
• The Ethical Arguments Surrounding Environmental Racism. Brenda Wienckowski.
• ...more coming...


• Papers from spring 2007.
• Ocean Acidification: An Oceanic Cancer. Carla D’Oria.
• Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions. Egan Degefa.
• Decline of Marine Life & Global Fisheries. Daniel Corey.
• Yellow Means Go: A Study of the Ethical Approaches to Ethanol Production in the 21st Century. Michael De Angelo.
• Improving the Endangered Species Act. Kristen Hearty.
• Chester, Pennsylvania: A City Living Through Inequality. Deanna Cocco.
• Ethics and Sea Level Rise for Shore Based Communities. Bill Endrizzi.
• Organic Agriculture Systems Versus Inorganic Fertilizer Methods. Stacy Hujber.
• The Effects of the Depleting Populations of Corals and Coral Ecosystems. Mellissa Higgins.
• How Is the Life Cycle of Polystyrene Affecting Health and the Environment? Mallory Meyer.
• The Effects of Man-made Pollution on Pfiesteria piscicida. Liz Dugan.
• Clearcutting: The Negative Effects and a Possible Alternative. John Lorenz.
• Kentucky Fried Cruelty: The Ethical Issues of Large-Scale Chicken Production. Adam Schreiner.
• Golf: A Gentleman’s Game, An Environmentally Destructing Effect. Tim Garron.
• ExxonMobil and the “Debate” on Global Warming. Christopher Struble.
• The Eastern Garbage Patch. Danielle Rosen.
• Ethics of Plant Biotechnology – A Look at Bt Corn. Nicole Sallee.
• Population Crisis in China and the Issues Concerning the “One Child” Policy. Stacey Prettyman.
• ...more coming...


• Papers from spring 2006.
• Wind Turbine Alternative Energy Source. Geo Abraham.
• Energy Efficient housing. Keith Aker.
• Solid Waste Management. Garrett Bergey.
• Gas Breaks? Taxation Without Transportation. Howard Burke.
• Methane Emissions from Animal Agriculture: Minimize or Die. T.J. Coll.
• The Reach of the Clear Skies Act. David Doyle.
• Project Everglades. John DiSabatino
• Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Samantha Del Pizzo.
• Alternative Fuel: A Look into Hydrogen and Biodiesel. Jim Fried.
• The Endangered Species Act. Bethany Hayes.
• Should Widener Recycle? Susan Galeone.
• West Coast Seaport Pollution. Andrew Holmes.
• Kyoto Protocol. Greg Kears.
• Reach of the Clean Water Act. Tina Giorgio.
• Saving the Rainforest. Brittany Jenkins.
• Impact on Glaciers Due to Global Warming. Adrienne Jablonowski.
• Kyoto Protocol. Greg Kears.
• Project Everglades. John DiSabatino.
• Automobiles and the Environment. Tara Mayer.
• The Clean Water Act. Christopher Litz.
• Will the Kyoto Protocol Be a Solution to Global Warming? Heather Lihou.
• The Ethics of Rebuilding New Orleans. Megan Morton.
• Threats On Arctic Wildlife. Lia Mirigliani.
• Soil Erosion. Kate Seward.
• Ethanol: Friend or Foe? Matt Ross.
• Revolution against Oil. Michael Symbula.
• U.S. v. China: Issues of Conservation. Denise Thorn.
• Rainforest Depletion. Rebecca Templeton.
• Ethics of Globalization. Emil Van-Otoo.
• Urban Storm Water Pollution. Tony White.
• Drilling for Oil in the Gulf of Mexico. James Widener.
• Ethics of the Nuclear Power 2010 Program. Rebecca Ware


• Papers from spring 2005.
• Atomic Energy: One Pound or One Million Gallons. Carl Joyce.
• Resuming Offshore Oil Drilling in CA. Bob Schuler.
• United States Against the Kyoto Protocol. Andrea Murphy.
• The Mercury Crisis: Are Financial Benefits Worth Your Health? Bernadette McIntyre.
• Deforestation in Haiti. Kim DePaul.
• Africa Health Care Crisis. Erica Townsend.
• Ethics of Child Labor on Sugarcane Plantations in El Salvador. Danielle DuGuay.
• NAFTA. Christopher Jacques.
• Iran and Its Oily Conflicts. Nahreen Ahmed.
• Iran’s Development of Nuclear Power. Chris Blaszkowski
• Human Rights Violations in Iran. Jen Jeffries.
• Ethical Perspectives on Iranian Nuclear Situation. Michael M. Fraraccio.
• Cell Phones Cause Conflict in the DR Congo: Can You Hear Me Now? Kim McKenna.
• Fighting a War to Save Health Care. Alex Edwards.
• Child Labor in Egypt. Lindsay Harper.
• Philly Ash. Richard Lacey.
• China: Air Pollution. Heather Lihou.
• Does Ethiopia Deserve Further Aid? An Examination of the Agricultural and Economic Crises Facing Ethiopia. Kelly Waldeyer
• African women and Aids. Kelli McKenna.
• Is ANWR a Solution to Our Energy Crisis?. Matthew Long.
• AIDS and the Destruction of a Continent. Rob Schuck.
• Heroin Use and Its Moral Effects: Focusing on Production in the Afghanistan Region. Mark McGuigon.
• Diamonds Aren’t Forever. Matt Lavin.
• Kyoto Protocol on Global Warming. Michelle Browne.
• “Protecting Paradise”: Ethical Arguments in Beach Erosion. Rachel Woloszyn.
• Re-nationalizing the Venezuelan Oil Industry. Jessica McIlhenney.
• Intervention for The Russian-Chechen War: Peacekeeping Nations Value Oil Over Lives. Robert Scheffler.
• Advancing Hybrid Technology. Sean Newell.
• Uganda: Children in the Military. Jacky Veasley.
• To Drill or not To Drill. Sean Dodson.


• Papers from spring 2004.
• Muslim/Christian Conflict in Nigeria. Sajitha Anthony.
• The Effects of Urban Development on Yemen’s Fishing Wealth. Katrina Pinkney.
• International Environmental Ethics of the Resource Columbite-tantalite (Coltan) Extraction. Patricia Fitzgerald.
• Drug Trafficking in Afghanistan. Maggie Perez.
• GMOs: The Seed of Evil. Darren Heffer.
• Saving Our Resources: Is Sustainable Agriculture a Solution to the Current Farming Conditions? Marisa Warner.
• Climate Change: Causes and Effects. Lia Kershaw.
• The Ethics of Needle Exchange Programs. Dana Abel.
• Climate Change: An Ethical Analysis. Stephanie Kichline.
• ...more coming...


• Papers from spring 2003.
• Depleted Uranium: The Deadly Costs. Krista L. Bohnert.
• Military Animal Testing: Is it Right or Wrong? Robert M. Bruni.
• Hydrogen: The Other Combustible Power. Michael S. Hentrich.
• Professional Ethics of Decentralized Development of Water Resources using Desalination Technology in the Middle East. Michael A. Montgomery.
• Suburban Sprawl. Kathleen C. Day.
• Chernobyl and the Ethics of Nuclear Power. Natalia Leskiw.
• Environmental Racism: A Detrimental Problem in Chester, PA. Williametta Simmons.
• Enviromental Racism in Emelle, Alabama: Home of the Largest Landfill. Colleen Ghegan.
• Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: Preservation or Petroleum. Joseph E. Anderson.
• Pakistan and India: The Kashmir Problem. John A. Beres.
• Environmental Recklessness: Cancer Cluster in Toms River New Jersey. Catherine A. Rosenberg.
• Environmental Racism Across the US. Jill A. Cantor.
• Links between Social Inequity and Environmental Degradation in Sudan. Jennifer R. Patro.
• Taking it to the Sweatshops. Tim Kelly.
• Harvesting “Surplus” Humans: The Ethics of Stem Cell Research. Rebecca Sharpley.
• Ethics in Fetal Tissue Research. Anthony W. Previti.
• Downsizing: Working Towards a Better Solution. Nicole Rockwell.
• Papers from spring 2002.
• Environmental Effects of Herbicide Spraying in South America. Michael Campbell.
• Petroleum Extraction in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Jason Cannon.
• Ethics of Genetic Modified (GM) Corn Exportation to Mexico. Jerry Cheng.
• Child Labor in Pakistan. Katherine Connelly.
• Ethics of Animal Testing. Daniela DePalma.
• Ethics of Global Devine Population and Control. Jennifer Devine.
• Population Issue: China’s Policies on Overpopulation. Chuck Dunlap.
• Toxic Waste & Racism. Richard Elliott.
• Unfilled Promises and Rhetoric of the "CAFE" Fuel Efficiency Standards. Brian Evans.
• Oil Drilling in Pakistan's National Park. Jillian Gormley.
• Present Reality and Future Implications of Petroleum as an Energy Source. Bob Haas.
• Ask Not What You Can Do For Your Country, But What Your Country Can Do For The U.S: An Ethical Analysis of Energy Policy in the Caspian Basin. Joseph Harrick.
• “Chemical Cocktails” in Our Water: What Can Be Done? Susan Hastie.
• Child Labor: Why it’s Wrong! Danielle Hibberd.
• Ethics of the Automobile Manufacturing Industry. Rachael Hurwitz.
• Ethics of Nuclear Energy and Radioactive Waste. Joe Lavella.
• Ethical Evaluation of U.S. Steel Tariffs. Thomas McKernan.
• Air Pollution in Paulsboro, NJ. Jillian Pallidino.
• Why it is ethically right to ban smoking indoors. Luisa Pirozzi.
• If We Could Learn From Pooper-Scoopers: The Ethics for Sustainable Development Against Contemporary Economic Growth. Eric Ray.
• Drilling for Oil in the Arctic. Amy Spiecker.
• Ethics of Medical Waste Incineration. Ma-Le Trieu.
• Impacts of Pending U. S. Energy Legislation: A Report Based on Ethical Perspectives. Joseph Vitello.
• DDT: Is it Really As Harmful As Everyone Says it Is? Rebekah Weinstein.
• Papers from spring 2001.
• Animal Testing and Research: Benefits and Ethics. Catherine Ostroski.
• Dolphin / Tuna Controversy. Anita Simon.
• Suburban Sprawl. Guy DiMartino.
• Deforestation: A Problem of Global Proportions. David Lambropoulos.
• Cancer on the Southside. Kasey Moffitt.
• Ethics of Hydroelectric Power. Pete Cappelli.
• Battle For Our Tropical Rainforests. Melissa Conway.
• Shark Finning: Industry or Butchery. Paul Costa.
• Is Yucca Mountain the Answer to the Long Term Nuclear Waste Storage Problem? Veronica Graver.
• Abortion and Population Control. Stephanie Davis.
• Suburban Sprawl and the Swallowing of the Environment. Tim Callinan.
• Papers from spring 1999.
• Environmental Racism in Chester, PA. Richard Moss.
• Silent Hands: the Destuction and Death of the Coral Reef. Tonia Mastrocola.
• Why Use Double Hulled Tankers? Kathy Schintz.
• Ethics of Toxic Waste. Anne Myers.
• Global Impact of DDT on the Environment and the Economy. Corinne Mooney.
• Ethics of Solid Waste Incineration: Say No to Landfills, Yes to Incinerators. Scott Gleichenhaus.
• Environmental Hazards. Stephanie Odorisio.
• Local Water Pollution. Shannon Fay.
• Viability of Oceanic Waste. Carrie Miller.
• Ethical Ramifications of the Three Gorges Dam. Diane Hagan.
• Politics and Economics of Ozone Depletion. Jennifer Piesvaux.
• Ethics of Population Control. Thomas McGarvey.
• Ethical Solutions to Overpopulation. Melanie Cavalieri.
• Ethics and Use of Genetically-altered Crops. Stephanie Skelly.
• Ethics of Human Fetal Tissue Research. Mayerling Thanis.
• Ethics of Animal Testing. Krista Shelvin.
• Animal Rights. Deborah Kain.
• Deforestation and the Golden Rule: "Treet others as you wood like to be treated." Andrea Nangle.
• Deforestation. Brian Mazzarella.
• Effects of Rain Forest Destruction and our Future. Jeffrey Noonan.
• Wetlands: the Popular Belief Systems and the Reality. Kevin Haney.
• Voluntary Simplicity: An Ethical Position. C. Stedman Wolf.
• Papers from spring 1998.
• Animal Testing for Medical Advancements: Who Has Rights? Christina Howland.
• Solid Waste Issues in Chester, Pa. Toni D. Jackson.
• Unresolved Conflicts Affecting the Yanomami. Billy Acon.
• Human Cloning. Min Wing Alvin Chung.
• The Ethics of Cloning. Irene P. Psihogios.
• The Human Overpopulation Crisis. Rebecca Levin.
• The U.S. Population and Pollution Equation. Brandon Richards.
• "Not in my backyard": Controversy over Gorilla Habitat in Georgia. Robin Dalrymple.
• Biodiversity Loss and its Effects on Ethnobotanical Medicines. Kate Meakim.
• Hunting as a Solution to the Deer Overpopulation Problem. Shannon Richter.
• The Pros and Cons of Nuclear Power: A Case Study of Three Mile Island. Michael Ryan.
• Papers from spring 1997.
• Deforestation and Genocide: the Case of the Indigenous Rainforest Peoples of Brazil. Gabriel Junco.
• Ethnopharmacology and the Ethics of Biodiversity Protection. Mario Cifolelli
• The Environmental, Economic, and Social Costs and Benefits of Ecotourism in Ghana. Doris Hayward.
• The Ecological Impacts and Ethics of Ecotourism: Case Studies from European Ski Resorts and the Florida Keys. James McNeill.
• The Rights of Gold Miners Versus Indigenous Peoples in the Brazilian Rainforest. Denice Wilson.
• The Ethical, Economic, and Social Options for Tropical Biodiversity Protection. Danielle Fina.
• The Scientific Bases, Ethics, and Social Costs of the Canadian Ban on All cod Fishing off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Lori Manley.
• Environmental Decay in Chester, PA: A Case Study in Post-industrial Decline or Environmental Racism? Daniel Hill.
• Environmental Racism, Justice, and Ethics. Elizabeth Teti.
• The Grand Staircase, Escalante National Monument, in Utah: A Case Study in Resource Economics, Environmental Policy, and Unsustainable development. Kathleen Franz.
• The Environmental Ethics of Mining. Kevin Morelock
• The Mining Act of 1876: 19th Century Ethics in a 21st Century World. Maureen Scull.
• They Shoot Buffalo Don’t They?: The Ethics of Buffalo Destruction to Prevent the Spread of the Brucellosis Disease to Rangeland Cattle Around Yellowstone. Nirav Patel.
• The Ecological Ethics of Electric Bug Zappers and the Ethics of Human Disregard of “Lower” Organisms. Joe Gillespie.
• Media and the Environment: the Environmental Ethics and Awareness of the Media. Todd Dion.
• The Environmental Policy, Economics, and Ethics of Preventing Ozone Depletion. Gina Barletta.
• Acid rain - A Problem for the Rapidly Developing World. Leonard Katerynczuk.
• Ethical Lessons from the EXXON Valdez Disaster. Alexander Kobb.

• Papers from spring 1996.
• Logging Without Laws: An Analysis of the Facts, Policy Implications and Ethics of the Salvage Timber Rider of 1995. Jim Haynes.
• The Yellowstone Fires of 1988: Media Hype or Environmental Disaster? Joe DeRosa.
• The Environmental Ethics of Genetic Engineering. Jennnifer Kearney.
• An Ethical Approach to Ecofeminism. Bridget Blatteau.
• Air Pollution and its Effects on Ecosystem Health/ Human Health. Kayla Abrams.
• Global Warming: Are We Heading for Disaster? Mary Beth Sellen.
• Global Warming: The Industrial Destruction of Our Planet. Jennifer Tevanian.
• Population Growth and the Ethics of Population Control. Megan McCusker.
• Deforestation and Biodiversity. Christopher Romano.
• Environmental Ethics of Deforestation. Joe Sles.
• The Effects of a Vegetarian Diet on the Environment. Gina Baker.
• Sustainable Agriculture. Tara MaFadden.
• Nuclear Waste Disposal. Gregory Stabler.
• Ghost Towns: Pennsylvania Low-level Radioactive Waste Siting Project. Bryan Kulakowski.
• Hemp: The Only Solution for the Pulp Generation. Martin Nelson.

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