1.1 Environmental Ethics

Question 1

Name 5 different environmental problems

Answer 1

Climate change, pollution, nuclear waste, landfill, deforestation

Question 2

What is the difference between an instrumental and an intrinsic approach?

Answer 2

Instrumental approach argues that the world should be protected because of the use it has for humans, whereas the intrinsic approach says the world should be protected because of the value it has in itself - it should be protected for its own sake

Question 3

Which approach to the environment interprets the environment as having intrinsic value?

Answer 3

Libertarian extensionism

Question 4

Which approach to the environment interprets the environment as having instrumental value?

Answer 4

Conservation ethics

Question 5

Name 2 philosophers who view the earth as having intrinsic value

Answer 5

Aarne Naess, George Sessions

Question 6

What two Christian principles outline how Christians should treat the environment?

Answer 6

Stewardship and dominion

Question 7

The Gaia hypothesis is associated with which scientist?

Answer 7

James lovelock

Question 8

What are sentient beings?

Answer 8

Being able to feel pain i.e. humans and animals

Question 9

‘Deep ecology’ and ‘shallow ecology’ are similar to which approaches to the environment?

Answer 9

Libertarian extensionism

Question 10

Who argued that we are cruel to animals, but we are more likely to be cruel to other humans?

Answer 10

Kant

Question 11

Which philosopher argued that the preference of sentient beings should be considered?

Answer 11

Singer