Environmental ethics ,types, approaches and issues pptx

Environmental ethics

1. environmental ethics

2. Ethics is a branch of philosophy. It deals with morals and values. An ethics is a principle that we use to decide whether an action is good or bad, right or wrong.

3. Three major normative ethical approaches Virtue ethics : Inherent character of a person rather than action Deontological ethics : C onsidering factors of ones duties and rights Utilitarian ethics : Considering the actions outcome or results

4. Environmental ethics is the part of philosophy which considers the ethical relationship between human beings and natural environment. Environmental Ethics

5. Environmental ethics emerged as a new sub-discipline of philosophy in the early 1970s , by posing a challenge to traditional anthropocentrism. First Earth Day, 1970, April 22 Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

6. Deals with problems surrounding environmental protection. Deals with the rights of other living creatures that inhabit our earth. Aims to provide ethical justification and moral motivation for the cause of global environmental protection.

7. Intrinsic value Intrumental value Anthropocentrism Biocentrism

8. Over exploitation of resources by growing human population has upset the natural balance. The use of technology and economic growth have led to ecological problems as manifested by growing pollution, loss of biodiversity and critical shortage of basic resources. Significane of Environmental Ethics

9. There are many ethical decisions that humans need to make with respect to the environment. What responsibility do we have towards non-human world? How long increasing use of fossil fuel can continue? Do animal have rights?

10. Approaches to the Environmental Ethics A human centered view of nature. Anything not providing positive benefit to people is considered of negligible value.

11. Approaches to the Environmental Ethics All life has ethical standing, and any actions taken consider the effects on all living things, or the biotic world in general

12. Approaches to the Environmental Ethics Considers the unity of ecological systems. Recognizes the need to preserve not just entities, but also their relationships with each other.

13. Resource consumption patterns and the need for their equitable utilization - Need sustianable use of resources Environmental destruction is largely caused by the consumption of the rich. The worst sufferers of environmental destruction are the poor. Major issues.......

14. The need for Gender Equity Woman play a greater role than men in collection of natural resources among communities that live near forest. Rural women who are intimately connected to resources, appreciate the value of conserving natural resources more deeply than men But men who play a decisive role in managing the village commons and its resources Major issues.......

15. The right of animals We have no right to push a species that has taken millions of years to evolve towards extinction. Major issues.......

16. Land Ethics (1949) Deep ecology (1972) Ecofeminism (1974) Three kind of Environmental Ethics

17. The term was coined by Aldo leopold Humans should view themselves as plain members and citizens of biotic communities, not as "conquerors" of the land We should extend ethical consideration to ecological wholes (soils, waters, plants, and animals) According to this, each person is a citizen of the land and thus responsible for its “health”. Land Ethics

18. Deep Ecology movement began in 1972 with Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess The deep ecology movement endorses biospheric egalitarianism , the view that all living things are alike in having value in their own right, independent of their usefulness to others. The well being and flourishing of human and non human life on earth have value in themselves Deep Ecology

19. Deep Ecology movement began in 1972 with Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess The deep ecology movement endorses biospheric egalitarianism , the view that all living things are alike in having value in their own right, independent of their usefulness to others. The well being and flourishing of human and non human life on earth have value in themselves Deep Ecology

20. Ecofeminism, also called ecological feminism, branch of feminism that examines the connections between women and nature. Chipko Movement Eco feminism

21. Climate change, global warming, acid rain ozone layer depletion, nuclear accidents and holocaust dies Assignment