| CODE | MRT5306 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Sustainability, the Environment and the Economy | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit focuses on the ethical issues created by growing economies and their impact on the environment. It analyses how economic growth could be integrated within a broad vision of integral development which recognizes that environmental decline results in a significant decrease in the quality of personal and social life. Study-Unit Aims: - To identify a list of ecological issues today, and to highlight the seriousness of the problems; - to recognise how ecological problems are rooted in current economic models; - to consider economics as a theory of human choice in the light of conditions of scarcity, and that economic choices therefore belong to the domain of ethical and moral reasoning; - To identify the particular economic, social and political values that are needed to sustain human (and other) life; - to explain the notion of a circular economy, and identify some best practices; - to recall the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and how it integrates economic growth with a sustainable development; - to enable participants to learn from each other by creating an online learning community; - to facilitate collaborative learning in a scaffolded approach. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - explain how economic growth must be understood within a broader understanding of human goods; - to discuss the notion of development and how this is understood; - recall the UN 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development; - recognise how patterns of consumption are related to un/sustainability and economic growth; - discuss Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility; - to present the shift from a linear to a circular economy; - present personal opinions in an online blog. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - examine the ethical context and vision needed to assess economic growth; - argue for an ethics of integral development; - formulate strategies in line with the UN 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development; - critically examine patterns of consumption and their relation to sustainability and economic growth; - argue persuasively for Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility and identify different forms they can take; - debate within a community of engaged learners, articulating and defending one's position; - engage critically with different opinions. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Crocker, David A. Ethics of Global Development. Cambridge 2008. - Pope Francis. Laudato Si. Vatican City 2015), nn. 101-198. - UN. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015). - EU. Next Steps for sustainable European future: European action for sustainability. 2016. Supplementary Readings: - Crocker, David A., Linden Toby (ed.). Ethics of Consumption: The Good Life, Justice and Global Stewardship. Lanham, MD 1998. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Ind Study & Ind Online Learning | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Carlo Calleja Sharon Seychell Jonathan Spiteri |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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