Unit 5- Environmental Ethics

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Animal liberation

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Radical social movement that aims to free animals from use by humans

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Anthropocentrism

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Humans are the central factor in considerations of right and wrong action toward nature

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Conservation

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The management of a resource to sustain its productivity over time

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Deep ecology

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A philosophy of environmental ethics that distances itself from "shallow" or mainstream environmentalism by arguing for more truly ecologically informed view of the world

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Dominion thesis

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Theory from the Bible that states that humans are the pinnacle of creation and humans can use nature in whatever way they see fit

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Ecocentrism

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Thesis that argues that ecological concerns should be above human priorities central to decisions of right and wrong

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Environmental justice

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Stresses equitable distribution of environmental goods and bads between people no matter race, ethnicity, or gender

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Ethics/ ethical

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Morality, questions of right and wrong

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Factory farms

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Intensive animal raising agricultural operations, maximize production

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Holism

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Theory states that the whole is more than the sum of its parts

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Intrinsic value

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The value for an object as itself as an end rather than a means

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Moral extensionism

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Humans should extend their sphere of moral concern beyond the human realm

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Naturalistic fallacy

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The assumption that because the words 'good' and 'pleasant' necessarily describe the same objects, they must attribute the same quality to them. When the conclusion expresses what ought to be, based only on actually what is more natural.

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Preservation

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The management of a resource for protection and preservation usually for its own sake

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Scientism

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Refers to uncritical relaince on natural sciences as the basis for social decison making and ethical judgements

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Social ecology

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School of thought that asserts that environmental problems and crises are rooted in social structures and relationships since they both tend to be hierarchical, state controlled, and predicated on the domination of both people and nature

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Stewardship

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Taking responsibility for the fate of others, "caring for creation"

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Utilitarian

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Theory that the value of good should be based on usefulness to society

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Wilderness

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A parcel of land unaffected by human forces, now viewed as a social construction