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    Jeff Sandoval Dr. Brian Elliot Environmental Ethics Thursday‚ May 3‚ 2012 Reflection Paper International concern over the health of our planet is constantly advocated and drilled in or heads by the media‚ our government‚ and the social institutions from which we are educated. We hear commercials persuading us to buy “green”‚ shop for locally grown produce‚ and even to invest in the more expensive‚ but environmentally friendly automobiles. Our government is also in on the green movement

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    ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEWS‚ ETHICS‚ AND SUSTAINABILITY Chapter 28 BIOSPHERE 2 • Biosphere 2‚ was designed to be self sustaining life-supporting system for eight people sealed in the facility in 1991. The experiment failed because of a breakdown in its nutrient cycling systems. ENVIRONMENTAL WORLDVIEWS AND VALUES • Environmental Worldviews include: • How you think the world works. • What you believe your environmental role in the world should be. • What you

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    Environmental Ethics Essay Following the beginning of the industrial revolution‚ various environmentalists and philosophers began to speak out about our relationship with nature‚ and how we should treat it. Each person views differ but there is no doubt that all impacted the environmentalists of the future. This essay will look at three main players in environmental ethics: Immanuel Kant‚ Aldo Leopold and John Muir. All three of these men had different arguments for preserving the earth‚ and

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    have in common? They were all well known environmentalists that influenced the creation of the Deep Ecology movement as well as the Foundation for Deep Ecology. Deep Ecology is the belief that “the well-being and flourishing of human and nonhuman life on Earth have value in themselves [and those] values are independent of the usefulness of the nonhuman world for human purposes” (Foundation for Deep Ecology). Rachel Carson’s novel “Silent Spring” started the major wave of environmentalism in the 1960s

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    WEEK 4 DQ 1 Identify a local environmental problem in your area. Climate change‚ toxic contamination‚ eutrophication (low oxygen due to excess nutrients)‚ and near shore habitat changes‚ have led to this Environmental issue‚ which has caused a decline in certain species‚ e.g.‚ forage fish‚ salmonids‚ bottom fish‚ marine birds‚ harbor porpoise and orcas.  What is the environmental-justice questions surrounding this problem? Should petitioning to add species to the Endangered Species Act (ESA)

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    notions of deep ecology and eco-activism. These associations offer more views and attitudes on how an individual and society can create and maintain a kinship and positive influence with the natural environment. Like deep ecologist’s view on the metaphysical relationship of man and nature. Eco-activist’s contend to a belief of "ecology as religion"(Kinsley 193). They take their duty with the environment as a deeply spiritual‚ physical‚ and emotional connection. Specifically‚ an environmental-action

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    To say I am biocentric would be wrong. To say I am anthropocentric would be wrong too. Lastly‚ to say I am completely ecocentric would also be wrong. I believe that there is a balance between each worldview that benefits all without fully discrediting the other. We need to take care of the earth and all on it‚ but we also should make our time on earth worthwhile. Killing an animal is not what people should be afraid of‚ it is one of the most common acts in the animal kingdom. We should not feel guilty

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    Biocentric Ethics Analysis SCI/362 - Environmental Issues and Ethics January 27‚ 2014 Howard Schmidt‚ M.S.‚ M.B.A. Biocentric Ethics Analysis Inherent and intrinsic value both refer to the value that is within the item or organism‚ it has value in and of itself; the value within the item or organism is “independent of the interests‚ needs‚ or uses of anyone else” (DesJardins‚ 2013‚ p. 113). Inherent value refers to the value that is found or recognized within the item or organism; whether spiritual

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    by Chum Hamilton Environmental Ethics ENV362 Professor Dave Williams August 16‚ 2008 CONTENTS Pluralism and Environmental Pragmatism 3 My Response 6 References 9 Pluralism and Environmental Pragmatism With the widely differing theoretical environmental ethic philosophical frameworks that are currently espoused‚ it is clear that a single unified theory has not yet emanated from this discipline. This has frustrated “monists” within the discipline. Monists contend that there

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    Ethics and Environment Case Study Project Learning Team C Lynette Barnhart‚ Russell Cortez‚ Eric Hiram‚ Domoniqué Shaw SCI/362 March 28‚ 2011 Howard Schmidt‚ M.S.‚ M.B.A. Ethics and Environment Case Study Project When air pollution is mentioned‚ many think of the city Los Angeles. However‚ Beijing China and Mexico City have become well known for air pollution‚ with Beijing topping the list of worst air quality in the world (Raven‚ Berg‚ & Hassenzahl. 2010). At the same

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