Ch2 - Environmental Ethics

There is always a clear line between "right & wrong" where ethics is concerned.

• True

• False

Philosophical branch that seeks to define what is right, what is wrong, & why.

• Equity

• Ethics

• Economics

• Equality

Living things that are affected by a decision or outcome.

• stakeholders

• biospheres

• corporations

• biodiversals

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

An individual/ company's duties to limit damage to the natural environment.

• anthropocentrism

• environmental responsibility

• biocentrism

• moral value

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Anthropocentrism:

• Human-centered ethics

• Life-centered ethics

• Ecosystem-centered ethics

• Corporate-centered ethics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Ecocentrism:

• Human-centered ethics

• Life-centered ethics

• Ecosystem-centered ethics

• Corporate-centered ethics

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Biocentrism:

• Human-centered ethics

• Life-centered ethics

• Ecosystem-centered ethics

• Corporate-centered ethics

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Before the 1990s, the most common environmental attitude was:

• Development approach

• Preservation approach

• Conservation approach

• Ecocentrism

Most human-centered attitude towards the environment:

• development approach

• preservation approach

• conservation approach

• corporate approach

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Most ecosystem-centered attitude towards the environment:

• development approach

• preservation approach

• conservation approach

• corporate approach

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5