Environmental Ethics

What is anthropocentrism?

• The belief that humans are at the centre of our worldview
• The belief that animals have human characteristics

Which environmental perspective is also known as deep ecology?

• Perceiving the environmental as having intrinsic worth, in and of itself.
• Perceiving the environmental as having value to humans.
• Perceiving the environment as having relational value.

Which environmentalist argued that the criterion for moral standing is sentience?

• Lovelock
• Leopold
• Singer
• Naess

Which environmentalist believed that the land is a fountain of energy that should have moral standing?

• Schweitzer
• Singer
• Leopold
• Regan

Christians are encouraged to act as stewards and conserve the earth's resources. Why?

• To get to heaven.
• It was divinely commanded in Genesis 1 and 2.
• They act out of duty.
• Their environmental concerns are equal to those for humankind.

What is the sanskrit term for non-violence?

• aheemsa
• ahinsa
• ahimsa
• ahisma

What is the opposite of absolutist ethics?

• teleological
• deontological
• relativist
• Kantian

Which ethical theory may argue that environmental concerns are necessary to ensure the greatest happiness for the greatest number?

• Utilitarianism
• Situation Ethics
• Natural Law
• Kant's Categorical Imperative

Relational ecology is used to refer to theocentric worldviews. What does this mean? 

• God is at the centre of the earth.
• The natural environment must be worshipped as is God.
• The natural environmental only has worth in the quest for a higher purpose or reward i.e. God.
• God has a greater plan in which all environmental problems will be solved.

What is the evidence for climate change?

• Rising sea levels, increase in global temperature, melting ice caps, extremities of weather.
• Lots of snowfall, lack of fish in the oceans, increased pollution.