Fall 2026

Environmental Ethics

ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS examines the adequacy of ethical theories in addressing harms to the land, posterity, endangered species, and the ecosystem itself.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Anna Gade3.9/5

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Historical reviews of Frederic Neyrat: Neyrat's summer section required four assignments for the entire grade, with moderate difficulty.

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ENVIRST/PHILOS 441

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Fall 2026
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Raw average: 3.98/5 from 62 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for James Anderson and Frederic Neyrat describe them as knowledgeable and accommodating instructors. Neyrat is noted for his passion and efforts to overcome accent-related comprehension issues, though he is not considered a pushover. Anderson received high praise for his teaching quality.

ANNA GADE is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAMES C. ANDERSON is recorded teaching in Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction13 / 202
LEC 001Classroom Instruction7 / 200

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Student experience

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Historical reviews describe Frederic Neyrat as passionate and accommodating, though his accent can be challenging. James Anderson is cited as an exceptional teacher by one historical reviewer.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.02 GPA, 40.9% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.23 GPA, 54.5% A/AB (n=44 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=18 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Frederic Neyrat: Neyrat's summer section required four assignments for the entire grade, with moderate difficulty.

Historical reviews of Frederic Neyrat: Students appreciated Neyrat's willingness to listen and his efforts to accommodate his accent, though he is not considered a pushover.

Topics

  • Moral wrongs not involving harm to humans
  • Quality of life and the ethics of the 'lifeboat' situation

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ENVIRST/PHILOS 441 · Fall 2026

Environmental Ethics

Recorded 2026-09-07
ENVIRST/PHILOS 441 · Fall 2026

Environmental Ethics

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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