Environmental Ethics and Justice Overview

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What is the primary focus of Environmental Ethics?

  • Human responsibility towards environmental issues (correct)
  • Technological advancements in conservation
  • Economic gain from natural resources
  • The legal aspects of environmental policies

Which concept relates to the fair distribution of environmental benefits?

  • Social Ecology
  • Environmental Justice (correct)
  • Sustainability
  • Environmentalism

What does Social Ecology emphasize in its analysis of society?

  • Technological solutions to environmental issues
  • The economic impact of climate change
  • The relationship between ecological and ethical approaches (correct)
  • Individual rights over communal benefit

Which type of freedom refers to accountability for one's choices?

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What does the term 'Common Good' refer to in philosophical discourse?

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What is meant by 'Ethics of Care'?

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Which concept describes the ability to share emotions among individuals?

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What characterizes a Post-Industrial Society?

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Flashcards

Environmental Ethics

A school of thought focusing on human responsibility for environmental issues.

Social Ecology

An environmental view linking ecology, ethics, and societal analysis.

Environmental Justice

Fair distribution of environmental benefits, burdens, and risks.

Freedom

Intrinsic and essential property of a person's life.

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Moral Freedom

Using freedom in a way that upholds human dignity.

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Responsibility

Accountability for actions and their consequences.

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Empathy

Sharing emotions; important for relationships.

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Intersubjectivity

The interaction between self and others.

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Study Notes

Environmental Ethics

  • School of thought that emerged in the 1970s, advocating human responsibility and action about environmental issues.

Social Ecology

  • Environmental view that applies an ecological and ethical approach in analyzing society, and sees a relationship between an ecological and ethical approach.

Environmental Justice

  • Concept that refers to the fair distribution of environmental benefits.

Environmentalism

  • The study of environment that gained issues and concerns from international politics, governmental and international relations.

Sustainability

  • A concept that drives environmentalism.

Prudence

  • Ability to regulate one's actions and behavior, being thrifty with resources.

Freedom

  • The inherent and essential property of a person.

Physical Freedom

  • Absence of any physical restraint.

Psychological Freedom

  • Freedom of choice.

Moral Freedom

  • Use of freedom in a manner that upholds human dignity.

Voluntariness

  • Person being accountable for self-determination.

Responsibility

  • Person being accountable for actions.

Empathy

  • Sharing emotions, an important aspect of intersubjectivity.

Dialogue

  • Deeper, more genuine interaction.

Intersubjectivity

  • Philosophical concept explaining self-other interaction.

Ethics of Care

  • Ethical theory emphasizing moral dimension.

Availability

  • Characteristic that possesses meaningful, genuine human relationships.

Common Good

  • Social conditions enabling people and groups to fulfill their goals.

Social Contract

  • Individuals sacrificing some wants, submitting to higher authority.

Social Values

  • Actions or things that society considers important.

Social Group

  • Organized or patterned relationships among individuals and groups.

Norms

  • Societal traits/behaviors considered acceptable.

Post-industrial Society

  • Knowledge, information, and services-based society.

Feudal Society

  • Land ownership-based society.

Hunting and Gathering Society

  • Earliest, simplest society form.

Agrarian Society

  • Large-scale, long-term crop cultivation and animal domestication.

Death

  • Separation of soul and body.

Happiness

  • Achieving a productive, moral life.

Suffering

  • Experiencing unpleasantness, discomfort, and pain.

Pleasurable

  • Good pursued for its own sake.

Noble

  • Good considered good so long as it serves an end.

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