Environmental Ethics - Definitions

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Supernaturalism
Is there a Divine Command?
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Intuitionists
Can't we just live in an environmental world?
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Deontology
What does your moral framework tell you to do about the environment?
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Virtue Ethics
What is the most virtuous thing to do about the environment?
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Situation Ethics
What is the most loving thing to do for the environment?
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Stewards
Person to prescribe, protect and use power wisely
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Conservation
Saving and restoring
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Stewardship
Ownership and Protection
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Gaia Hypothesis
The Earth has a 'soul'/system (like Gaia, the Ancient Greek goddess of the Earth)
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Anthropocentric
Human centred (light green). Associated with AQUINAS + KANT
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Biocentric
Life centred (mid green). Associated with PAUL TAYLOR
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Ecocentred
Planet centred (deep green). Associated with ALDO LEOPOLD + JAMES LOVELOCK + GAIA HYPOTHESIS
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Conservationism
Also called 'shallow ecology', plants, for example, are only instrumental for us (useful)
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Libertarian Ecology
Ecology concerned with 'speciesist' views, arguing that no species dominate and all animals have rights.
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Dominion
Humans are created by God to rule over the world and animals
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Creation Spirituality
God can found in creation
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Deep Ecology
Not just initiatives but political and prescriptive ecology. By ARNE NAESS
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Can't we just live in an environmental world?

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Intuitionists

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What does your moral framework tell you to do about the environment?

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What is the most virtuous thing to do about the environment?

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What is the most loving thing to do for the environment?

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