Improved computer technology presents philosophers with the means to enhance their applied ethics classes by providing the opportunity to explore myriad practical and conceptual problems heretofore impossible in the traditional classroom. This paper examines some of the potential and problems inherent in using computerized techniques in Southeast Missouri State University's Environmental Ethics class. The course syllabus and justification for inclusion in the university's interdisciplinary studies program are presented. Asynchronous teaching and learning techniques are discussed, and the use of an interactive policy simulation, called "Balance of the Planet," is described. It is concluded that, when a full battery of interactive and synchronous techniques is combined into a traditionally Socratic environment, the essentially dialectic nature of the humanities is preserved, while simultaneously incorporating powerful new teaching and learning styles which are vital in applied ethics. (MES)