In this essay I’ll be discussing the environmental ethics and the associated ethical concepts of the area they include ecological footprint, anthropocentric, instrumental value and intrinsic value. I’ll be using the BP oil spill and its rebranding of the company as a case study that demonstrates a graphic design ethical issue but mainly focuses on the broader environmental issues. The spill has impacted on the ocean’s ecosystem and was a controversial issue due to the way BP tried to resolve the catastrophic event.
Environmental ethics discuss the relationship of the boundaries and principles between the human world and the non-human world. Environmental ethics differentiate from animal ethics as the animals that live in the raw environment …show more content…
The issue of oil pollution and the degree to which humans attempt to both avoid oil pollution leaking into the ocean and to clean up accidental oil leaks/spills has been assessed in a largely anthropocentric manner. Over time consideration for animals (including their habitats) and plants has increased, however the distribution of funds for cleanup and compensation resulting from the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico validates that humans, e.g. human life, wellbeing, welfare, property and livelihood (The Gulf oil spill greatly affected the economies in the surrounding areas, especially the seafood industry) continue to hold by far the strongest position of moral standing. Society operates in a very anthropocentric manner, steered by self-interest and interest for other beings with similarities to …show more content…
On the other hand, when nature is given instrumental value, its value is based on nature’s usefulness to other entities, chiefly to humans. Environmental ethics, which is concerned with land, animals and plants raises the notion that animals, and perhaps plants and other natural matters, have intrinsic value, but the philosophy of modern utilitarian’s and deontologists that animals have intrinsic value and moral standing has not been applied by BP in their ethical practices that weren’t conducted in a sustainable fashion and economics is the driving factor in the environmental decision making which is anti-environmental thinking and the core of this thinking is an anthropocentric view of the world. All things in nature are interconnected and all living things, humans included, are dependent on each other for
Environmental ethics discuss the relationship of the boundaries and principles between the human world and the non-human world. Environmental ethics differentiate from animal ethics as the animals that live in the raw environment …show more content…
The issue of oil pollution and the degree to which humans attempt to both avoid oil pollution leaking into the ocean and to clean up accidental oil leaks/spills has been assessed in a largely anthropocentric manner. Over time consideration for animals (including their habitats) and plants has increased, however the distribution of funds for cleanup and compensation resulting from the BP oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico validates that humans, e.g. human life, wellbeing, welfare, property and livelihood (The Gulf oil spill greatly affected the economies in the surrounding areas, especially the seafood industry) continue to hold by far the strongest position of moral standing. Society operates in a very anthropocentric manner, steered by self-interest and interest for other beings with similarities to …show more content…
On the other hand, when nature is given instrumental value, its value is based on nature’s usefulness to other entities, chiefly to humans. Environmental ethics, which is concerned with land, animals and plants raises the notion that animals, and perhaps plants and other natural matters, have intrinsic value, but the philosophy of modern utilitarian’s and deontologists that animals have intrinsic value and moral standing has not been applied by BP in their ethical practices that weren’t conducted in a sustainable fashion and economics is the driving factor in the environmental decision making which is anti-environmental thinking and the core of this thinking is an anthropocentric view of the world. All things in nature are interconnected and all living things, humans included, are dependent on each other for