SCI 1101 Lecture 6: Chapter 6 Notes
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Case study: costa rica values its ecosystem: since 1980s, costa rica has regained much of its forest cover through a program called pago por. Servicios ambientales (psa) payment for environmental services. If something is valued for the pragmatic beliefs that it brings us, it has instrumental value. It also has intrinsic value because it provides homes for other organisms that have a right to live: market prices can be easily assigned to instrumental values, but not as easily to intrinsic ones. Environmental ethics pertains to people and the environment: the application of ethical standards to the relationship between people and nonhuman entities is environmental ethics, our interaction with the environment raises many ethical questions. Conservation and preservation arose with the 20th century. The increased rates of lung cancer spurred the passage of the radiation. Exposure compensation act of 1990: environmental justice issues continue today, as well. Latino farm workers experience health risks from pesticides, fertilizer, and dust exposure.
