PHIL 224Environmental Ethics

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Arts
Subject: Philosophy

When it runs

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Philosophical perspectives on such issues as climate change, pollution, use of scarce resources, biodiversity, and our relations with animals and future generations. This course will also consider bioactivism and other approaches to environmental problems.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

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Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Reviewed on UW Flow

60% liked it46% easy57% useful

From 25 ratings and 8 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.

Easy if you pay attention and do the readings
Heck, I didn't do the readings and still got 96 in this course so just pay attention

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I ended up dropping this course after taking it as an elective. If you're in Environment and Business this course is useful for you but if you're not and you stop paying attention you will easily fail. All of Professor Douglas's tests were short answer and referred to specific examples made in class. Do not take this if you're looking for an easy mark .

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Prof is so interesting

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Pretty tough content, but the tests are easy if you can muscle through all your readings before each class

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In order to do well you really have to understand the basic philosophical concepts. Easy if you pay attention and make good notes. Had to order the textbook from the states for $100 though.

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Discussed on r/uwaterloo

2 posts and comments in 2 threads mention PHIL 224, December 2014 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Fall 2021

Sep 21, 2021 What's a course you've taken that made you think "everyone needs to take this course" and why? 77 points, 48 comments

“Whether it had a lot of applicable information for daily life, really changed your point of view on something, or was just extremely interesting. …”

u/Frenz-HackonEmpirus: “PHIL 224 - "means to an end" vs "mere means" and ENBUS 302 - identifying fundamental and/or realized niche for long-term competitiveness from an ESG perspective”

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Fall 2014

Dec 19, 2014 Transferring into Environment & Business 0 points, 10 comments

“Well I am currently in second year, majoring in Math, and I was planning to transfer into Environment and Business. I already spoke to an advisor, but would like to hear feedback from students. …”

u/Whinnie: “First-year ENBUS is pretty easy; as long as you don't slack off too hard you should be able to get in easily. GEOG 101: If your prof is Brent, you're gonna have a good time. …”

u/Whinnie: “… Plus, I really don't like the way some of the classes are taught -- the prof for PHIL 224 (which is actually a first-year required course) wrote all the notes on the blackboard, and the prof for ENBUS 204 would include questions about statistics from the readings in his quizzes. …”