PHIL 261 Study Guide - Final Guide: Demographic Transition, Invisible Hand, Land Degradation
9 Oct 2014
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A finite world can only support a finite population: 4. We are using up 40% of everything the world"s plants don"t use. The world of the future is unsure: mckibben warns us to err on the side of caution and to reduce our fossil fuel consumption. Mckibben also recognizes that population is part of the problem. God gave the world to men: 2. Man only has the right to his own body: 3. The environment is a scarce resource that benefits human welfare: 2. Economics" job is to solve problems of scarcity: 3. Feminism must include a critical analysis of gender and must asset that some roles are damaging: 2. Ecofeminism perpetuates female stereotypes without examining damaging: 3. Morally obligated to act to produce good effects: 2. Choice doesn"t have bad effects if it makes no one worse off: 3.
