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10 Cards in this Set
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aesthetic justification
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appreciation of the beauty of nature
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carrying capacity
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concept related to sustainability (Max. of individuals)
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ecological justification
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an ecosystem is necessary for the survival of some species of interest to us
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Gaia hypothesis
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the environment at a global level has been profoundly changed by life over the history of life on Earth and that these changes have tended to improve the chances for the continuation of life
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megacities
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urban areas with at least 8 million inhabitants
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moral justification
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belief that various aspects of the enviornment have a right to exist and it is our moral obligation to allow them to continue
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precautionary principle
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when there is a threat of serious, maybe even irreversible, environmental damage we should not wait for scientific proof before taking cautionary steps to prevent potential harm to the enviornment
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sustainability
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resources and their enviornment
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sustainable resource harvest
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same quantity of that resource can be harvested each year for an unlimited specified amount of time without decreasing the ability of the resources to produce the same harvest
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utilitarian justification
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sees some aspect of the environmental as valuable because it benefits individuals economically, or directly needed for human survival
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