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Text Reading | Topics | Text Discussion Questions | Case Study

At the conclusion of this session please post your discussion questions for the text and  for the case study as a single set of responses under the heading DQ7.

 
Session 7: Sustainability & Intergenerational Equity
 
Reading Assignments: 

Joseph R. Des Jardins Environmental Ethics (Fourth Edition), Chapter 4

 
 

  Session Seven Topics:

Population and Consumption. Population, Consumption, and Ethics. Do We Have Responsibilities to Future Generations? Responsibilities to the Future: Utilitarian Happiness. Responsibilities to the Future: The Rights of Future People. Responsibilities to the Future: Caring for the Future. Do We Consume Too Much? Conclusion Sustainable Living -- Now and in the Future.
 

  Text Discussion Questions

Please complete discussion questions 1, 2, 4 and 6 for Chapter

  Case Study Selection for Class Discussion:

Tigris-Euphrates River Dispute

Case Study Discussion Questions:

  1. Briefly describe what the GAP project is all about.

  2. Briefly provide an overview of the hydrology of the river basin.

  3. Briefly describe how Syria, Turkey and Iraq use the Tigris-Euphrates Rivers.

  4. Briefly describe the positions of Syria, Turkey and Iraq in this dispute.

  5. Do you see a resolution to the issue and if so what?

 

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