ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jacob Bronowski, Rachel Carson, Environmental Ethics

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

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Recap the issue at hand with regard to other than human animals. In whichever case, whichever ethical theory/ies we employ will determine in large measure of decision. What about fish: think about the consequences in how we interact with the natural world. When you get out there and wonder about it, there is a change in how you respond. Looking at it not only from an ethical point of view, but also as a scientist. She instigated the modern environmental move in the 60s. She was very meticulous as a scientist. Key idea: reality is observable, predictable, and understandable. Empiricism knowledge is deserved from the sense experience, thus, observable and measureable. Testability a scientific claim must be measureable against reality. Reproducibility given the same condition, a repeat of a test must produce the same results, regardless of whom is preforming the test: relates to reliability. Falsifiability a scientific claim must survive attempts to disprove its truth.