Ethics, economics, and sustainable development

a human-centered view of our relationship with the environment

• biocentrism

• enthropocentrism

• anthropocentrism

• ecocentrism

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both human and nonhuman have intrinsic value

• enthropocentrism

• biocentrism

• ecocentrism

• anthrocentrism

values the well-being of entire species, communities, or ecosystems over the welfare of a given individual

• anthropocentrism

• biocentrism

• ecocentrism

• enthropocentrism

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Who viewed nature as divine and can be seen as the one of the first ecologists?

• John Ruskin

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Henry David Thoreau

• Walt Whitman

Who was politically active and won fame as an advocate for the preservation of wilderness?

• Walt Whitman

• John Muir

• Henry David Thoreau

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who quoted, "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike"?

• Gifford Pinchot

• John Muir

• Ralph Waldo

• Walt Whitman

The ethical standpoint that people should protect the natural environment in a pristine, unaltered state.

• intrinsic ethic

• environmental ethic

• preservation ethic

• conservation ethic

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The ethical standpoint that people should use natural resources in ways that ensure the greatest good for the greatest number of people for the longest time.

• intrinsic ethic

• preservation ethic

• conservation ethic

• environmental ethic

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Who wrote, "A thing is right, when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise."

• Aldo Leopold

• John Muir

• Gifford Pinchot

• Henry David Thoreau

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Involves the fair and equitable treatment of all people with respect to environmental policy and practice, regardless of their income, race, or ethnicity.

• environmental justice

• economic justice

• neoclassical economics

• classical economics