2. How should we care about biodiversity

Question 1

Is biodiversity loss accelerating or deaccelerating?

Answer 1

Accelerating

Question 2

what level is our climate risk at rn ?

Answer 2

Moderate

Question 3

What are some unique, threatened systems

Answer 3

Indigenous people
coral reeefs
arctic areas

Question 4

what are the 3 major systems (values) used to justify the conservation of biodiversity?

Answer 4

intrinsic
instrumental
relational

Question 5

what is intrinsic value

Answer 5

Nature for nature’s sake

Question 6

what is instrumental values

Answer 6

nature for the goods and services it provides humans

Question 7

what is relational values

Answer 7

nature for relationships that foster a sense of identity, social responsibility and emotional well-being

Question 8

is science value-neutral or objective

Answer 8

no

Question 9

What are morals

Answer 9

personal compass of what is right or wrong

Question 10

what are ethics

Answer 10

rules or norms that are governed by external source
peer norms
religious norms

Question 11

how do humans usually pick the one species right to exist?

Answer 11

We pick the one most similar to us

Question 12

what does intrinsic values focus on

Answer 12

pain or suffering animals can have
animal welfare
human treatment, ethical treatment

Question 13

what are some direct ways that human harm organisms

Answer 13

hunting and poaching

Question 14

what are some indirect ways that human harm organisms

Answer 14

fishing traps catching wrong animals
hunting traps
polar ice melting , polar bears suffering

Question 15

sentient meaning

Answer 15

responsive or conscious of sense impresssions

Question 16

holistic ethical arguments meaning

Answer 16

create conflict with individualistic arguments for animal welfare

Question 17

what is an example of a holistic ethical argument

Answer 17

rats are invasive species so removing them may help ecosystem rebalancing; conflict occurs

Question 18

what do instrumental values focus on

Answer 18

benefits nature can provide for humans to meet materialistic needs and desiresw

Question 19

what is the most attractive approach of valueing biodiversity according to governments

Answer 19

instrumental values

Question 20

how do instrumental valuation of biodiversity and economic arguments clash

Answer 20

making deerfoot trail was needed for human travelling, and was seen as more important that floodplain diversity

Question 21

what is the utilitarian calculus

Answer 21

evaluating how much biodiversity can be loss due to economic interest

Question 22

Examples of direct use instrumental value

Answer 22

cutting down trees for fuel

Question 23

Examples of indirect use instrumental value

Answer 23

wetland providing moisture to soak into crops the farmers are planting

Question 24

Examples of non use value, instrumental value

Answer 24

moutnains in banff have existence value
intact nature for future generations to enjoy

Question 25

Examples of option value, instrumental value

Answer 25

using mole rats for cancer research

Question 26

what is relational values really about

Answer 26

people, the land and non human rganisms happiness, identity, emotional well-being sense of purpose

Question 27

what is intrinsic value (moral )

Answer 27

based on right or wrong all species have right to exist

Question 28

what is intrinsic value (ethical )

Answer 28

based on social norms and confuct unethical to give pain to another living being

Question 29

what is intrinsic value (religious )

Answer 29

belief in higher power god gave me stewardship for his or her creation

Question 30

relational values - personal and cultural identity

Answer 30

nature important to me and my cultures

Question 31

relational values - social responsibility

Answer 31

a waay to connect with and care for oothers

Question 32

relational values -historical and education

Answer 32

our place in life. we know human history and where we fit in tree of life

Question 33

relational values - biophilia

Answer 33

connecting with nature gives me satisfaction

Question 34

relational values -aesthetic

Answer 34

the beauty of nature gives me an emotional, fulfilling experience

Question 35

what is common between 3 values

Answer 35

- justicee to future generations respects earth's biophysical limits

Question 36

difference between 3 values

Answer 36

only instrumental can lead to an unsustainable future

Question 37

what are major ethical worldviews

Answer 37

ecocentrism biocentrism anthropocentricism pluricentrism

Question 38

what is ecocentrism

Answer 38

most outer layer biocentric valuation to ecoystems and places land ethics deep ecology

Question 39

what is biocentrism

Answer 39

intrinsic values individualistic welfarist ethics focuses on living things

Question 40

what is anthroopocentrism

Answer 40

people are all valued humans dominating nature is justified

Question 41

technocentrism is related to which worldview

Answer 41

anthropocentrism

Question 42

pluricentrism meaning

Answer 42

oneness with nature, everythign together