Exam 8: Ethical Issues Regarding the Natural Environment

Compare and contrast Bowie's argument in "Money, Morality and Motor Cars" for a "market solution" to global climate change with Arnold and Bustos' main argument in "Business, Ethics, and Global Climate Change" opposing this solution. Explain whose view you agree with more and why.

As identified by Denis Arnold and Keith Bustos, recall the demographics of both those who recognize global climate change and the global climate change skeptics.

According to Alan Holland an economic approach to sustainability criteria is to strive for each generation to leave at least as much capital to the next generation as it has created for itself.

In your own words, define sustainable development Alan Holland does in "Sustainability".

According to Denis Arnold and Keith Bustos in "Business, Ethics, and Global Climate Change," a basic principle of justice is that it is unfair to require others to pay for the costs of benefits one has secured for oneself without their uncoerced consent.

The case, "Royal Caribbean: Exotic Promises and Toxic Waters" implies that a main difficulty in enforcing environmental standards with cruise lines is that they are often not American and thus not subject to our laws.

According to Denis Arnold and Keith Bustos, Bowie's position in "Business, Ethics, and Global Climate Change," Bowie fails to take into account the interests of non-U.S. citizens and future generations.

Norman Bowie suggests businesses simply have which moral obligations

The first step in the "Green Leap" as described by Stuart Hart is which of the following

Hawken, Lovins, and Lovins would suggest that today's capitalist is typified by which of the following beliefs