Environmental ethics

My Environmental Ethics Growing up in a highly capitalized area, Macau, and being taught the idea that wealth is the ruler of power and status, I learned that I would have to find a job with decent extra benefit and high salary in the future. Until the time I have taken geography and moral education classes in my high school, I started to consider a bigger picture when I was thinking about public policy and my decision making. I knew that what I did could affect anyone around me and possibly the society as well. I did not have any terminology at that time, but if I could bring my knowledge back into the time, I would say my ethic has been shifted from ego-centrism to somewhere between ego- and home-centrism because the ideology grounded in…

I Introduction The environmental movement has been underway for some time now with the intent on protecting the environment. Through this movement there has been many different agencies formed in the United States Federal Government to help protect the environment. The values and missions of these agencies are not what they seem and do not protect the environment as one should think they would. They strive more to meet the needs human needs than those of the environment. When thinking of…

To change the world, an individual will need to start small with the people around them and the perceptions among them. With that, my question is; should high school require students to take an environmental ethics class to graduate? For most, high school is a time were the curriculum is being mastered through the student’s studies, the students in this new curriculum will be challenged to question their anthropocentric mindset. I believe yes, high school should have environmental ethics as a…

Albert Schweitzer’s brand of environmental ethics stem from Eastern influences and arguably contends in the most inclusive view of biocentrism. Schweitzer’s baseline of moral consideration is achieved at a fundamental will to live and is accepting to the degree that the mere products of evolution are to be considered morally relevant. While Schweitzer may have crafted a non-arbitrary lower limit of designating moral consideration, the scope of the moral borders extends too greatly without…

Concern for the environment is an ongoing theme marked with contention over whether or not humans have an ethical or moral obligation to take pro-environmental actions. Theorists, such as Aristippus and his Cyrenaic school argue that the highest good is self-pleasure, and lacking future concern they argue that individuals should take actions to ensure pleasure in the short term. According to the Cyrenaics, there is not an ethical or moral obligation to engage in pro-environmental actions.…

Chapter nine of Dr. Byron Williston’s Environmental Ethics for Canadians examines environmental virtue ethics and its applications in real world situations. The case study in this chapter inspects three Canadian environmentalist exemplars. Virtue ethics is the moral theory that searches for a middle ground between extreme opposite characteristics all while taking into consideration the facts that are present at any given time. The case study focusses on David Suzuki, Elizabeth May, and Maude…

Environmental Ethics Environmental Ethics is becoming of greater concern in society today. Due to the fact that scientific evidence is showing we are unnecessarily and without thought destroying our natural environment. Not only plant species but all entities that reside within our planet. There is especial concern to animal species becoming extinct or are in danger of; There are many theories and policies which attempt to describe a solution or a ethical way of approaching these problems, and…

Through it’s Sacrament of Baptism and environmental ethics, Christianity continuous to be a living religious tradition. While these two aspects of Christianity may seem distinct from one another, they are in fact interrelated, and together contribute to the ongoing relevance of Christianity in the modern world. Baptism is the sacramental entry into the Christian life of faith and worship that is practiced by all denominations, with the exception of the Salvation Army and Quakers. It is a…

This case study examines key points in chapter six, titled Ecofeminism in Environmental Ethics for Canadians edited by Byron Williston. Williston also relates the chapter to a current real-world issue, in this case, it is how women should be at the frontline of environmentalists and that conclusion is made since there is dioxin being found inside the breast milk of mothers (183). Dioxins that contaminate breast milk come from industrial processes such as the incineration of medical waste and…

The environmental ethic that Warren presents in her essay is a framework that connects the domination of women and the domination of nature. She presents a clear example of how men oppress women but not so coherent on how men oppress the environment. In this essay, I will provide a discussion on why I do not believe there is a coherent presentation of environmental ethic. In addition, I will discuss how environmental ethics and feminism re-conceived and re-vision does not hold a great promise…