ENVS 170A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Environmental Ethics, Ecocentrism, Environmental Health
30 Nov 2016
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Ethics: the study of good and bad, right and wrong. The set of moral principles or value held by a person or society that tells us how we should behave. Used by criteria, standards, or rules when making judgments. Lead to different values, which lead to different actions. Universalists: right and wrong remains the same across cultures and situations. Environmental ethics: application of ethical standards between human and non-human things. Cost and benefits are measured by impact on people. Unspoiled nature should be protected for its own inherent value. Use natural resource wisely for the greatest good for the most people. Utilitarian standard- efficient, sustainable resource extraction and use. Healthy ecological systems depend on protecting all parts. Aldo leopold believe that humans should view themselves and the land as members of the same community. We are obligated to treat the land ethically. Ecofeminism: 1960s and 1970; a patriarchal society is the root of both social and environmental problems.
