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The tendency of a system to maintain internal equilibrium

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Card 7

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A theoretical orientation that gives priority to the maintenance of ecological balance rather than the achievement of human ends

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Card 8

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A belief that human needs and interests are of overriding moral and philosophical importance

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Card 9

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A green ideological perspective that harnesses the lessons of ecology to human needs and ends, is associated with values such as sustainability and conservation

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Card 10

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A green ideological perspective that rejects anthropocentrism and gives priority to the maintenance of nature

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Card 11

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The belief that scientific is the only value-free and objective means of establishing truth

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Card 12

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A belief that the whole is more important than its parts, implies that understanding is gained by studying relationships among the parts

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Card 13

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The theory that the Earth is best understood as a living entity that acts to maintain its own existence

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Card 14

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A tendency towards decay or disintegration exhibited by all 'closed' systems

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Card 15

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Theory that the 'global commons' will be subject to inevitable degradation because individuals etc. place self-interest before the collective good

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