Environmental Ethics - Definitions 0.0 / 5 ? Religious StudiesReligion and EthicsA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: Jack Baynes (sixth form)Created on: 16-12-20 17:01 Supernaturalism Is there a Divine Command? 1 of 17 Intuitionists Can't we just live in an environmental world? 2 of 17 Deontology What does your moral framework tell you to do about the environment? 3 of 17 Virtue Ethics What is the most virtuous thing to do about the environment? 4 of 17 Situation Ethics What is the most loving thing to do for the environment? 5 of 17 Stewards Person to prescribe, protect and use power wisely 6 of 17 Conservation Saving and restoring 7 of 17 Stewardship Ownership and Protection 8 of 17 Gaia Hypothesis The Earth has a 'soul'/system (like Gaia, the Ancient Greek goddess of the Earth) 9 of 17 Anthropocentric Human centred (light green). Associated with AQUINAS + KANT 10 of 17 Biocentric Life centred (mid green). Associated with PAUL TAYLOR 11 of 17 Ecocentred Planet centred (deep green). Associated with ALDO LEOPOLD + JAMES LOVELOCK + GAIA HYPOTHESIS 12 of 17 Conservationism Also called 'shallow ecology', plants, for example, are only instrumental for us (useful) 13 of 17 Libertarian Ecology Ecology concerned with 'speciesist' views, arguing that no species dominate and all animals have rights. 14 of 17 Dominion Humans are created by God to rule over the world and animals 15 of 17 Creation Spirituality God can found in creation 16 of 17 Deep Ecology Not just initiatives but political and prescriptive ecology. By ARNE NAESS 17 of 17
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