ENWC201 Lecture 16: ENWC Lecture 16
8 Feb 2019
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Spotted owl, do we value this population more than timber harvest. We value a 2300-2700 year old tree more. Adult redwood vs human baby - we value our own species more. Pollination (bees), wetlands to filter our water. Leprosy research on armadillos (information we get from the animal, allows us to create medications for this) Poison dart frog - trying to develop drugs from their poison - basically a version of morphine on steroids . Polar bears should exist for their own sake. Ethics about our natural world are based off these two categories. Ethics - a limitation on freedom of action . Help to define what is right and wrong and why. How we try to decide what"s wrong and right when it comes to our natural resources. All environmental responsibility is derived from human centered ethics and done in the interest of human benefit. When we make decisions that are right and wrong, we have to.
