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Hale, Benjamin Slater

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  • My work is directed toward advancing a more deliberative and interdisciplinary approach to environmental issues. My research has focused primarily on ethical questions associated with environmental remediation, public health, moral status, and the tools of public policy.

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  • Environmental Ethics, Bioethics, Public Policy and Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Ethical Theory

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  • ENVS 3140 - Environmental Ethics
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2023
    Examines major traditions in moral philosophy to see what light they shed on value issues in environmental policy and the value presuppositions of the economic, ecological, and juridical approaches to the environment. Same as PHIL 3140.
  • ENVS 4800 - Capstone: Critical Thinking in Environmental Studies
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2018 / Fall 2020 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023 / Fall 2024
    Examines a specific environmental topic in depth, synthesizing information from complex and controversial issues. Different course sections present different topics. Fulfills capstone requirement for Environmental Studies major. Recommended prerequisites: ENVS 1000 and ENVS 3020.
  • ENVS 5003 - Conceptual Foundations of Environmental Studies
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
    Addresses basic theoretical questions underlying common methods employed by those conducting research in environmental science, values, and policy. The course provides a broad overview of the conceptual background relevant to work and research in environmental studies, with an emphasis on understanding many debates that have informed and challenged disciplinary research and, in so doing, shaped the interdisciplinary field of environmental studies.
  • ENVS 5240 - Environmental Philosophy
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
    A survey of the major philosophical issues in environmental studies, comprising key issues in environmental ethics, in environmental political philosophy and in the philosophy of biology and ecology. Degree credit not granted for this course and PHIL 5240.
  • ENVS 5930 - Internship
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
    Provides academically supervised opportunities for environmental studies majors to work in public and private organizations on projects related to the students' research and career goals, and to relate classroom theory to practice.
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