ENVS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Amazon Rainforest, Endangered Species Act Of 1973, Anthropocentrism
13 Dec 2016
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ENVS Chapter 2 Notes: Values
Values and path to sustainability:
● The best and most lasting way to do this is to empower women, economically and
politically
Frames, perspectives and responsibilities:
● Ethics:
○ A system of conduct
○ Rules and principles that relate to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions
● Values:
○ The core beliefs we use to guide our decisions
Types of values:
● Instrumental value:
○ Useful for some specific purpose
● Intrinsic values:
○ Value independent of utility
Ethical Codes:
● Anthropocentrism:
○ Humans have the most intrinsic value
■ If we need it, we have the right to take it
■ Cut down the Amazon rain forest to make way for farm land
○ Some argue that this is the root of most environmental problems
○ Others argue that the root cause is mostly ignorance, we often hurt ourselves
thinking that there are no adverse consequences to anthropocentrism
● Biocentrism:
○ Other living organisms also have intrinsic value
■ Value beyond utility to humans
○ Endangered Species Act
■ Many of our nation’s native plants and animals were in danger of
becoming extinct
● Ecocentrism:
○ Complex collections of living organisms have intrinsic value
○ Web interactions between species need to be considered:
■ If we save a species but its food supply is destroyed, what have we
accomplished?
○ Colorado River:
■ Purposeful flooding to mimic natural conditions
● Authoritarianism:
○ Attributes:
■ Despotism
● Might makes right
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Document Summary
The best and most lasting way to do this is to empower women, economically and. Rules and principles that relate to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions. The core beliefs we use to guide our decisions. Cut down the amazon rain forest to make way for farm land. Some argue that this is the root of most environmental problems. Others argue that the root cause is mostly ignorance, we often hurt ourselves thinking that there are no adverse consequences to anthropocentrism. Other living organisms also have intrinsic value. Many of our nation"s native plants and animals were in danger of. Complex collections of living organisms have intrinsic value. Web interactions between species need to be considered: Environmental protection is often overlooked or relegated to sidelines. Prescriptions and limitations on human actions by doctrine. Belief in transparency and accountability to those affected. Based on human rights, a social contract". Sees personal safety and justice as fundamental rights.
