Environmental Ethics: Past, Present, and Future
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When did environmental ethics develop into a specific philosophical discipline?

  • In the 1970s (correct)
  • In the 1960s
  • In the 1990s
  • In the 1980s
  • What was the main concern raised in Rachel Carson’s book, Silent Spring?

  • The depletion of natural resources due to overpopulation
  • The impact of industrialization on human health
  • The widespread use of chemical pesticides posing a serious threat to public health and wildlife (correct)
  • The consequences of deforestation on climate change
  • What was the significant warning in Paul Ehrlich’s book, The Population Bomb?

  • The need for sustainable economic growth
  • The devastating effects of spiraling human population on the planet’s resources (correct)
  • The importance of technological advancement in controlling population growth
  • The potential benefits of population growth
  • What led to the emergence of environmental ethics as a specific philosophical discipline?

    <p>Increasing awareness in the 1960s of the effects of technology, industry, economic expansion, and population growth on the environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What has led to the recognition of the need for collective change in human practices?

    <p>The disturbing ways in which human practices are affecting the physical environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

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