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Philosophical discipline |
Environmental Ethics |
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3 elements for an action to become an action |
Rationality : knowledge Freedom : will Volintariness : volition |
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It has inherent value in itself |
Intrinsic Value |
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Worth pursuing as an end in itself |
Intrinsic Value |
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Considered as a means towards achieving a certain end, thus it is depends on whether it was successful ....... |
Instrumental Value |
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Humans or |
Anthropocentrism |
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Anthropos - |
Human |
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Centric |
Center |
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Main representative of Sophists |
Protagoras |
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He said: " man is the measure of all things. Of things that are, that they are, and things that are not, that they are not." |
Protagoras |
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Theoretical |
Ethics |
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Ethics latin: |
Ethos |
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Ethics greek |
Ethicos |
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Concerned with theories and right principle of conduct. |
Ethics |
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Practical |
Morality |
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Study of the rectitude of human act |
Morality |
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Application of theories & principles in ethics |
Morality |
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The rightness or wrongness of an act |
Rectitude |
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Applied ethics |
Morality |
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Philosophical doctrine stating that reason is the only true and valid source of knowledge. |
Rationalism |
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Mga rationalists |
Descartes, libniz, spinoza, malebranche |
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Philosophical doctrine stating that experience is the only true and valid source of knowledge. |
Empiricism |
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Higher form of animals |
Nonhumans |
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Other term sa non humans |
Panthrocentrism |
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Blank slate/tablet |
Tabula rasa |
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Biocentrism |
Living organisms |
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The view that not only humans and animals but also plants should be morally considerable. |
Biocentrism |
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Ecocentrism/Holism |
Holistic Entities/communities |
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Whole or all existence |
Holistic Entities / communities |
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Broad areas of envi. Philosophy |
》Environmental ethics 》Radical Ecological Philosophy 》Reformist Anthropocentrism |
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Models of radical ecological philosophy |
- deep ecology - social ecology - ecofeminism |
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Proponents of _________ were disillusioned with existing models |
Deep Ecology |
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An extension of traditional and conventional worldview. |
Shallow ecology |
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Principle of non doing or non action |
Wu-wei-wu |
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(Unsa nga principle) Even if youre all male, there's still female and vv |
Yinyang principle |
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Offshoot of movement against domination ..... |
Social ecology |
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Proponent of social ecology |
Murray Bookchin |
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Reaction against a male domination and corresponding opression of women. |
Ecological feminism or ecofeminism |
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Present challenge |
Climate change |
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Continuing challenge |
Preservation of endangered species |
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Emerging challenge |
Water scarcity |
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The global water demand will grow by __% by the year 2030 |
40 |
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Future challenge |
Sustainable dev. |
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Dev. That meets the needs of the presemt w/out compromising the abilitynof future to meet their own needs |
Sustainable dev |
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A branch of philosophy that deals with the systematic questioning and critical examination of the underlying principles of morality |
Ethics |
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2 general approaches of ethics |
Normative and meta-ethics |
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Moral act |
Good |
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Immoral |
Evil |
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Amoral |
Indifferent |
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Neither good or evil |
Amoral |
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An evil act done with good intention ---- |
Cannot become good |
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A good act done with bad intention ---- |
Can become bad |
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Normative ethics meant to give an answer to the question --- |
What is good? |
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it pertains to certain norms or standards for goodness and badness, rightness or wrongness of an act |
Normative Ethics |
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Do good, avoid evil |
Ethical Maxim |
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Tries to go beyond the concepts and parameters set by normative ethics by trying to question the basis of the assumptions proposed in such a framework of norms and standards by normative ethics. |
Meta-ethics |
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As an ethical approach, this examines the presuppositions, meanings and justifications of ethical concepts and principles |
Meta-ethics |
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2 important factors in the emergence of morality |
Pov of society and pov of individual |
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An act is good if --- |
It conforms to the dictates of right reason |
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An act is evil if ---- |
It contradicts to the dictates of right reason |
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Freedom assumes that ---- |
One is a free moral agent |
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2 conditions for morality |
Freedom and obligation |
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It is construed as one's duty to himself to exercise this freedom as a rational moral being |
Obligation |
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Deliberate human action |
Conduct |
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Side-taking part of our experience |
Value experience |
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Are the result of the process of value experience where you are settling which priorities you gave and have chosen to pursue. |
Values |
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Most important class of moral judgments bc it has preference to the judge's own future action |
Moral decision |
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Has reference to other people or groups as to what they should or ought to do |
Moral judgment |
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Answers about what we ought to do from a moral system that we uphold and its moral principles |
Normative answers |
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"What would I be inclined to do given this situation?" |
Practical choice on actual situations |
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Greek 'dein' meaning |
Duty |
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Based on duty |
Deontological ethics |
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Non consequential |
Deontological ethics |
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It recognizes that there are moral principles that we follow as universally correct and should be applicable to all humanity |
Categorical imperative or law of morality |
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This is something that we are unconditionally obliged to do, without regard to the consequences |
Kantian ethics |
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'Telos' |
End, goal or purpose |
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Consequential, result-oriened |
Teleological ethics |
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He believes that the purpose of an action must be based on its consequences |
Teleologist |
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Most common yet extreme form of consequentialism |
"The end justifies the means" |
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When u cheat to pass, in teleological ethics, it is |
Good |
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Quality |
John stuart mill |
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Quantity |
Jeremy benthum |