Teaching sustainability and ethics

M. Steiner; B. Skorupinski

Teaching sustainability and ethics

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M. Steiner

M. Steiner ¹Institut für Forst- und Umweltpolitik, Universität Freiburg, Tennenbacher Str. 4, 79104 Freiburg, Germany

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B. Skorupinski

B. Skorupinski ²EPG-Arbeitsstelle der Universität Freiburg, Universitätsstr. 9, 79085 Freiburg, Germany

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Pages:: 489–495

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867530_0077

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The concept of sustainability is well-known worldwide, earning a lot of agreement, whereas there is less consensus about its concrete implementation. Many research projects focus on special aspects of implementing sustainability, while only very few focus on the underlying ethical questions. However, these are crucial for all efforts in implementing sustainability. Considering alumni from universities in their role as multipliers of expert knowledge as well as subjects of responsibility, academic education needs to include teaching the subject ‘sustainability’ with its ethical foundations. Therefore, at the Centre for Basic Studies in Ethics and Philosophy at the University of Freiburg, teaching sustainability from the viewpoint of ethics has been developed and tested in the framework of the project ‘Accepting Responsibility’ since 2005. Starting from elective courses for bachelor students of all subjects, the concept has meanwhile been extended to compulsory courses for master students at the Faculty of Forestry and Environmental Sciences. In these courses, students are successfully sensitised for ethical topics inherent to the concept of sustainability like equity and justice, the moral value of nature, rights of future generations and others. Students are given background in ethical theory which is closely linked to the practical aspects of implementing sustainability. Through the course they acquire the ability to reflect about sustainability’s ethical aspects and make well-founded decisions based on these reflections. Alumni skilled this way will be well equipped for coping with global challenges.

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Climate change and sustainable development

Ethical perspectives on land use and food production

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Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 15 Nov 2012

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