Ch. 2. Ethics

Which of the following books cites the danger of pesticides to food, wildlife, and humans?

• Sand County Almanac

• Walden

• Silent Spring

• Nature

In 1994, delegates from around the world gathered for the Conference on Population and Development. Representatives from developing countries protested that

•   a baby born in the United States will consume 20 times the resources in its lifetime as an African or Indian baby.

•   overpopulation is a bigger environmental problem than overconsumption.

•   the United States consumes 90% of the world's resources.

•   China has the highest population and consumes 90% of the world's resources.

What percent of the earth's water is drinkable?

• 1%

• 25%

• 55%

• 87%

• 99%

Who was NOT a notable 19th century conservationist philosopher?

•   Ralph WaldoEmerson

•   John Muir

•   Aldo   Leopold

•   Rachel Bilson

• None of these

Sustainable development is often defined as "meeting the needs of current generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs." Sustainable development is much like

•   conservationism.

•   environmental pragmatism.

•   preservationism.

•   ecocentrism.

Environmental justice is

•   related to laws passed by Congress in the early 1900s.

•   directed only at wild nature.

•   not linked to community based organizations.

•   the social justice expression of environmental ethics.

Which one of the following choices involves an ethical decision?

•   deciding to buy the cheaper of two similar items

•   determining which one of two pieces of art is the best

•   deciding whether or not to allow trophy hunting of elephants because the money trophy hunters pay provided income and food for local people

•   All answer choices are correct.

The birthplace of the environmental justice movement was in

•   Detroit, Michigan.

•   Washington, DC.

•   Warren County, North Carolina.

•   New York City.

•   Boston, MA.

Green development is generally differentiated from sustainable development in that

•   green development prioritizes what its proponents consider to be sustainability over economic and cultural considerations.

•   only economic considerations are given priority.

•   green development does not factor in political risk factors.

•   green development is not designed with environmental concerns.

To get around the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 many oil carriers

•   use lightly regulated oil barges pulled by tugboats.

•   have constructed pipelines under the ocean floor.

•   have increased the use of supertankers.

•   use unregulated foreign cruise ships.