Environmental Ethics Review

What percentage of all species that ever existed that are now extinct?

• 5%

• 99%

• 1%

• 75%

Answer explanation

Think of it ... only 1% of the species that ever lived remain.

As per the TEDx Project we completed in class, what communities are affected by water pollution and dumping?

• Coastal regions.

• Mountains and hilly places.

• The tropical rainforest.

• The regions around Northern parts of Africa.

Which of the following is the most likely reason a corporation would pollute the environment?

• corporate executives show a callous disregard for the environment

• the corporation is a legal entity interested primarily in profitability for its shareholders, not in environmental protection

• the corporation looks at its pollution as residues of the production process, rather than as wastes

• the corporation is only interested in making decisions that have a positive long-term impact on society

How does the gap between rich and poor countries contribute to the current environmental crisis?

• developed countries consume a disproportionate share of the resources

• rapid industrialization in developing countries poisons cities

• increased agricultural production in developing countries often destroys soils and forests

• Rich countries often use increased amount of energy which puts pressure on the environment.

• all of the above

Conventional economics has a major role in environmental ethics because it focuses on interactions between

• households and businesses

• tree planting and new factories.

• How humans relate to the environment.

• Business and the area where they would be located.

The value assigned to natural resources is based on

• perception of scarcity.

• Perception of value addition.

• How the resource is easy to digest and provide the energy required.

• The value given to a resource.

Ethics and economics are linked because

• Both disciplines deal with how we value and perceive our environment.

• Ethics is what makes economics which then influences our decisions about the environment.

• Economics is what influences ethics which in turn affects our decisions.

• Economics and ethics are not linked in any way.

Anthropogenic Ethics deals with

• The value animals place on plants.

• The value of animals in nature.

• The value humans place on nature.

• Species interactions in nature.

Biocentric ethics is concerned with

• Species numbers and their extinction.

• Rights of nature or species equivalence.

• Rights of animals.

• Factors that may facilitate extinction of a species.

Anthropocentric Ethics is concerned with

• Plant welfare

• Animal welfare

• Human welfare

• Abiotic factors and welfare.