- Docente: Fabio Zagonari
- Credits: 4
- SSD: SECS-P/01
- Language: English
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Wellness Culture: Sport, Health And Tourism (cod. 9227)
Learning outcomes
The purpose of this course is to present the main environmental ethics in terms of duties and rights in the relationships between humans and between humans and nature. The main sustainability paradigms (i.e., weak sustainability, a-growth, de-growth, strong sustainability, linear economy, circular economy) will be discussed in terms of the environmental ethics which characterise them. The main sessment and decision methodologies (i.e., Cost-Benefit Analysis, Multi-Criterion Analysis, Life-Cycle Assessment) will be presented in terms of the sustainability paradigms which typify them. Workshops will be organised where each student will present an assigned scientific article from the recent literature, with a subsequent classroom discussion.
Course contents
The main environmental ethics: Religious ethics, Secular ethics
The main sustainability paradigms: Weak sustainability, Strong sustainability
The main environmental decisions: Policy measures towards efficiency and equity, Project investments towards efficiency and equity
Readings/Bibliography
Zagonari, F. (2021) Decommissioning vs. reusing offshore gas platforms within ethical decision-making for sustainable development: theoretical framework with application to the Adriatic Sea, Ocean and Coastal Management
Zagonari, F. (2021) Religious and secular ethics offer complementary strategies to achieve environmental sustainability, Nature – Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Zagonari, F. (2020) Environmental sustainability is not worth pursuing unless it is achieved for ethical reasons, Nature – Palgrave Communications
Zagonari, F. (2020) Comparing religious environmental ethics to support efforts to achieve local and global sustainability: empirical insights based on a theoretical framework, Sustainability
Zagonari, F. (2016) Four sustainability paradigms for environmental management: a methodological analysis and an empirical study based on 30 Italian industries, Sustainability
Teaching methods
Lectures and workshops
Assessment methods
Written exam, 90 minutes, 3 open questions
Teaching tools
Possible additional readings
Office hours
See the website of Fabio Zagonari