Exam 15: Environmental Ethics

Which of the following is true relative to per capita greenhouse gas emissions?

The essence of the view known as deep ecology is that organisms depend on their environment in many ways.

The word environment comes from an Old French word meaning

Contrast an anthropocentric and an ecocentric view on deforestation.

To say that a wilderness has prima facie value means that it must be preserved no matter what the cost to do so.

Label as Anthropocentric (A) or Nonanthropocentric (NA): If there is no overriding reason to pluck the flower then I ought to let it be for its own good is to continue existing.

The article by William Baxter utilized primarily ________ reasoning.

Which nation is likely to meet the goal set by the Kyoto Accord?

Label as Anthropocentric (A) or Nonanthropocentric (NA): We ought to preserve the tropical rain forests because they are the sole source of lifesaving medicines like quinine, our most potent weapon against malaria.

Label as Anthropocentric (A) or Nonanthropocentric (NA): We ought to preserve wildernesses because they provide a place for personal rejuvenation, and aesthetic and mystic experiences.

Some ecofeminists believe that the source of our environmental problems lies in our being governed in our relation to nature by the male type of dominance over it.

The old Native American saying, "before you act, consider the consequences on the next seven generations," represents what kind of thinking?

According to anthropocentrism, what has intrinsic value?

According to MacKinnon the arctic ice cap may be gone in what year?

How many people in the world are living in regions with water scarcity?

What percentage of America's waste stream is recycled or composted?

Deep ecologists and ecofeminists share common views about the proper way to regard nature and the source of our environmental problems.

Label as Anthropocentric (A) or Nonanthropocentric (NA): We ought to be concerned with the "greenhouse effect" and the resulting climate changes that may make life unfit for human beings.

Cost benefit analyses involve both assessments and evaluations.

Label as Anthropocentric (A) or Nonanthropocentric (NA): I'm going to work for that anti-pollution measure because if it doesn't pass even my own local rivers will be damaged, and then my health might be endangered and my sports and aesthetic interests in the rivers threatened.