PHIL 2480 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ecofeminism, Bounded Rationality, Environmental Ethics
1 Apr 2015
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5. colonialism: the set of beliefs and practices that accompany and/or are used to legitimize the act or practices of colonization (the imposition of political/cultural/economic system in acolony). 6. steward: someone who manages or supervises something, very often with the implication thathe or she may not strictly own that thing long answers, explain what is meant by the idea of an optimal level of pollution. Use your own example to explain how baxter thinks this optimal level of pollution can be determined. Optimal pollution (2 marks): it isn"t possible to have zero pollution, so we should aim for an optimal level of pollution instead: the optimal level of pollution is the level of pollution that we agree is acceptable. Comparisons can be made using a cost-benefit analysis or by translating everything into a common scale (28249) so that we can compare wants and needs.
