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What is Environmental Ethics?

What is Environmental Ethics?. Learning Objectives To be able to:- Present presentations and discuss one current environmental issue Explore key words for environmental ethics. Key Words. Anthropocentric –

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What is Environmental Ethics?

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  1. What is Environmental Ethics? Learning Objectives To be able to:- Present presentations and discuss one current environmental issue Explore key words for environmental ethics

  2. Key Words • Anthropocentric – • An approach to the environment that places human interests above those of any other species. • Biocentric – • An approach to the environment that considers the biological nature and diversity of the Earth to be of supreme importance. • Biodiversity – • The natural variety of living things on earth. • Conservation Ethics – • The ethics of the use, allocation, protection and exploitation of the natural world

  3. Deep Ecology – • All life forms as of value and human life as just one part of the biosphere. It rejects anthropomorphism. • Dominion – • The Judaeo-Christian idea that humans have a special place in the natural world and have responsibility for it. • Ecosophy – • Word formed by contracting the phrase ‘ecological philosophy’. Refers to philosophies which have an ecocentric or biocentric perspective such as deep ecology.

  4. Gaia Hypothesis – • A theory of James Lovelock • Geocentric – • Considers the geological nature and diversity of the Earth to be most important. • Holistic – • Considers a range of factors – including the importance of balance within the ecosystem. • Instrumental value – • Something’s value lies in its usefulness for others.

  5. Intrinsic value – • Something’s value lies in itself. • Sentience – • The ability to feel pleasure or pain. • Shallow Ecology – • The earth is cared for to make conditions better for humans. • Stewardship – • A way of interpreting the use of dominion, which sees humans as caretakers of the natural world.

  6. Homework • Create cue cards/spider diagram/ post-it notes etc for all your key words.

  7. Library • You have 10 minutes in the library to finish your presentations • If you have finished you can go back to H14 to practice • I will be recording your presentations

  8. Presentations

  9. So What Are Environmental Ethics? • The relationship between people and the natural world and the kind of decisions we make about • Cutting down trees • Pollution and manufacturing cars that do not pollute the environment • Should we protect species? • What are our obligations to the future generation?

  10. What are the common issues? • Global warming • Increasing Technology • So how do we decide what to do? There is no international code • So how should we relate to earth’s resources, species, plants?

  11. What are the different approaches? • Religious • Different secular approaches – • Libertarian Extension • Ecological Extension (Eco-holism) • Conservative Ethics (shallow ecology)

  12. Homework • Read up on different approaches to environmental ethics. • Religious • Different secular approaches – • Libertarian Extension • Ecological Extension (Eco-holism) • Conservative Ethics (shallow ecology) (See Vardy chapter 18 –p 222-226, OCR Religious ethics p228 – 232 and Wright p 257-273)

  13. How do ethical theories respond to the environment?

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