Environmental Ethics Flashcards

Flashcards based on lecture notes about environmental ethics, covering key concepts and attitudes.

__ is a topic of applied ethics that examines the moral basis of environmental responsibility.

Environmental ethics

The __ view states that all environmental responsibility is derived from human interests alone.

anthropocentric

__ states that all forms of the life have an inherent right to exist.

Biocentric

__ maintains that the environmental deserves direct moral consideration and not one that is merely derived from human interests.

Ecocentrism

The __ assumes that the human race is and should be the master of nature and that the Earth and its resources exist for our benefit and pleasure.

development ethic

The __ considers nature special in itself.

preservation ethic

The __ works toward a balance of resource use and resource availability.

conservation or management ethic

Economic growth and exploitation are attitudes shared by __.

developing societies

Corporations are legal entities designed to operate at a __, which is not in itself harmful.

profit

Waste facilities are often located in communities that have high percentages of poor, elderly, young, and __ residents.

minority

North Americans consume one-fourth of the world's __.

oil

Technologies like __ remove salt from seawater, but it takes a lot of energy and is expensive.

desalination

Industrialized countries contain only 20% of the world’s population, yet they control 80% of the world’s __ and create most of its pollution.

goods

Environmental Justices aims to eliminate discrimination in housing, __, and employment.

education