Environmental Ethics

Ethics is the study of

• Good/Bad

• Up/Down

• Left/Right

• Young/Old

Biocentrism means

• To have high value for human life

• To have high value for ALL LIVING things

• To have high value for NO life

Which environmental viewpoint means to places a high value on all things living and nonliving.

• Anthropocentrism

• Biocentrism

• Ecocentrism

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Your Ethics....

• are a set of moral principles or values held by a person or society.

• is different for different cultures

• Depends on where, when, and how you grew up.

• All of the above

If someone has a viewpoint to ONLY care about HUMANS and HUMAN WELFARE they have a __________ mindset.

• Anthropocentrism

• Biocentrism

• Ecocentrism

True/False Just because you believe differently than someone else means they are wrong.

• True

• False