PHILOS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Ecofeminism, Deep Ecology, Deontological Ethics
25 Sep 2013
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Sydney nova scotia; tar ponds, polluted the air. Hamilton habour; randle reef, most polluted water in north america. Aesthetic approach: destroys natural beauty, is bad because its ugly, p1 environmental damage is ugly. Beauty in the eye of the beholder. Broad word- ugly: p2 we ought not create ugliness, c3 we ought not create environmental damage. P1 not all examples of damage are ugly. Ethical approach: there are two main obstacles to adopting an ethical approach to the environment. We do not normally have ethical obligations to. Nature is inexhaustible property as such: human beings cannot significantly affect nature, we are only ethically responsible for that which lies. Traditional approaches to the environment within our power. Philosophical issues about law and society do not merely concern human beings. Because human beings do not exist apart from the planet on which they live, the decisions we make have consequences for the world around us.
