Ecologism keywords 0.0 / 5 ? Government & PoliticsEcologismA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: CarysjjjCreated on: 10-03-16 17:23 463598217 Across 1. A theoretical orientation that gives priority to the maintenance of ecological balance rather than the achievement of human ends (11) 5. The belief that scientific is the only value-free and objective means of establishing truth (9) 6. A green ideological perspective that rejects anthropocentrism and gives priority to the maintenance of nature (4, 7) 8. A tendency towards decay or disintegration exhibited by all 'closed' systems (7) Down 1. Study of the relationship between living organisms and the environment, it stresses the network of relationships that sustains all forms of life (7) 2. Branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of existence (11) 3. A belief in the virtues of rural existence, in contrast to the allegedly corrupting influence of urban and industrialised life (11) 4. The theory that the Earth is best understood as a living entity that acts to maintain its own existence (4, 10) 7. Belief in the superiority of one species over others, through the denial of their moral significance (10) 9. A broad tendency in green politics that links ecological sustainability to radical social change, or the eco-anarchist principle that communities should be structured according to ecological principles (6, 7)
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