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Chapter 6 Flashcards

1
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What is culture

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ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared among a group of people

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what is a worldview

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worldview is someones perception of the world and their own place in it

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what are two major factors that shape people’s world views

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spiritual and political beliefs

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what is ethics

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branch of philosophy that involves good and bad

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what is a relevists

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someone who thinks ethics should vary with social contexts

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what is a universalist

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notions of right and wrong hold strong across other cultures and contexts

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7
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what are ethical standers

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criteria that help differentiate right from wrong

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what is the golden rule

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we should treat others how we want to be treated

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what is instrumental value

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when you value something only for its pragmatic benefits it gives us

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what is intrinsic value

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when you think that something has a right to exist and is valuable

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what is environmental ethics

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the application of ethical standards to relationships between people and nonhuman things

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what is sustainability

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treating future generations how we want to be treated now

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what is anthropocentrism

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people who have a human centered view of our relationship with the environment

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what is biocentrism

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people who intrinsic value to certain living things.

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what is ecocentrism

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judges actions in terms of their effects on whole ecological systems which includes living and nonliving elements.

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what is transcendalism

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people who reject materialism

17
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who was John Muir

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founder of Sierra Club, which was a major environmental foundation, wilderness advocate

18
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John Muir is associated with the _________- ethic

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preservation

19
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who was Gifford Pinchot

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first trained american forester, founder of the US forest service

20
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Gifford Pinchot is associated with the ________ ethic

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conservation

21
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who was Aldo Leopold

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forest manager, believed that all parts of ecosystems are important

22
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what books did Aldo Leopold write

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Sand County Almanac, The Land Ethic

23
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what is environmental justice

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fair and equal treatment of all people with respect for environmental policy

24
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why do more poor and non-white communities face worse pollution

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lack of political power, lack of knowledge of pollution

25
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what is it called when something is valued only for its pragmatic beliefs

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instrumental value

26
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why did the Navajo people develop lung cancer

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they used radioactive waste rock in their homes and ovens

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