ENV222H1 Lecture 4: ENV222H1 Lecture 4 (Jan. 29th, 2019) - The Eco-Crisis: Ethical and Psychological Dimensions

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV222H1
• Professor: Mark Hathaway

Document Summary

Environmental ethics: expands ethical consideration about humans to include nature. Ethics: the study of the process of determining moral conduct through reflection and analysis (the process) Morals: the duties, values, beliefs that determine correct/right/acceptable behaviour (the actions that result from the process) Deep ecology: environmental movement and philosophy which regards human life as just one of many equal components in a global ecosystem; all species flourish, not just one (humans are not special) Anthropocentrism: a human-centred philosophy where humans are the only or primary holders of moral standing (humans are most important, we dictate right/wrong) Sentient: able to perceive or feel things (i. e. suffer); a sentientist grants moral consideration to any sentient being. Speciesism: a prejudice favour of the interests of members of one"s own species and against the interests of members of another species. Env222 - lecture 4 - the eco-crisis: ethical and psychological dimensions. We are social beings who we need to get along.