Environmental Ethics -Evaluation of Deep Ecology
- Created by: Alasdair
- Created on: 21-05-17 12:34
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- Evaluation of Deep Ecology
- Still relevant
- Peter Singer, despite coming more broadly under shallow ecology umbrella, argues World Heritage Wilderness should be preserved which is similar to deep ecologist views.
- Peter Singer says there is beauty in certain areas of wilderness which should be cared for.
- Peter Singer, despite coming more broadly under shallow ecology umbrella, argues World Heritage Wilderness should be preserved which is similar to deep ecologist views.
- Deep ecologists do, however, accept richness and diversity of planet can be reduced if it is vital to human needs
- For something to have rights, it must have reasons for existence - do plants have their own reason for existence? Our reason for their existence is for oxygen and food - but do they have reasons of their own?
- Deep ecology is arguably misanthrophic (human-hating) and discourages a growing population
- However, deep ecologists would argue that by decreasing population, value of each individual increases
- If followed to the extreme, deep ecology could lead to destruction of human race
- Arguably invalid weakness - could be regarded as mere exaggeration
- Eatrth summit suh as Kyoto have proved not to be very effective, raising questions about practicality of Session's 8-point manifesto
- Still relevant
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