ENVS105 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sentience, Love Canal, Plastic Bottle

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Readings: envs 105 fall 2017 dr. tait: environmentalist dilemma- page 628. Talks about the incident where the author could not say no to the little girl who was taki(cid:374)g the sa(cid:374)d dollars (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause he did(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:449)hat la(cid:374)guage to use (cid:449)hile sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g (cid:374)o. He mentions that if she using it for economic purposes then she should take a little because it should break the carrying capacity and etc. He mentions if she is taking it for that reason, she should not take it because its exploiting nature for her own benefit. Nature has an intrinsic value and cannot be used in that sense. There is limitation on language as many environmentalists use different methods to state their opinion which makes it difficult to have a universal language. They stated that these ideas are in the past, but still some decisions are made based upon these two ideas: the land ethic- aldo leopold.

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