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Do we have moral obligations to trees? What about rocks? What about rivers, deserts, and mountains? Do nonhuman beings possess rights, regardless of their instrumental or aesthetic value for us? Can humans *oppress* nature, and if so, does it intersect with human-to-human forms of oppression? This introductory course covers some of the classical debates in environmental ethics. Authors we will read include Peter Singer, Also Leopold, Arne Naess, Karen J. Warren, and Vandana Shiva.