GEOG 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Environmental Ethics, Categorical Imperative, Unit
16 Dec 2015
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One classical ethical standard is the categorical imperative which. Another ethical standard is the principle of utility. The utilitarian principle holds that something is right when it. The most common definition of sustainable development says that. We can simplify the continuum of attitudes toward the natural world. The application of ethical standards to relationships between humans. Anthopocentrism takes a human centered view of our relationships with the environment. Anything not providing benefit to people is considered to be of negligible value. Biocentrism ascribes values to actions, entities or properties on the basis of their effects on all living things or on the integrity of the biotic realm in general. Ecocentrism judges actions in terms of their benefit or harm to the integrity of whole ecological systems, which consist of biotic and abiotic elements and the relationships among them (holistic perspective) Preservation ethic we should protect the natural environment in a (cid:1) pristine, unaltered state.
