Environmental Issues Flashcards

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Deuteronomy 10:14

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“To your lord your god belong thee heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it”

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Leviticus 25:23

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“The land must not be sold permanently because the land is mine and you are but aliens and my tenants”

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Genesis 1:26

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“Dominion over the fish of the sea, the foul of the sky, the cattle of the earth

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3 parts of fundamentalists beliefs

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Stewardship
Dominion
Rapture theory

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What is the rapture theory

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The destruction of the earth is part of gods plan, so on doomsday the chosen ones will be taken to heaven and the rest left to suffer on earth

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What is included in Jainism

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Ahisma- non violence
Veganism
Don’t eat root vegetables- reincarnated souls

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Lovelock Gaia hypothesis

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World is a self regulating, single living organism. Which can achieve equilibrium. When a species is disrupts equilibrium Gaia kills it.

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Lovelock: Daisy world

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White and black daisies. White reflect-cools . Black absorb-warm.
Maintains equilibrium.

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Issue if Gaia hypothesis and response

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World can’t be a single living organism because it can’t reproduce.

Lovelock responds it reproduces by colonising other planets with astronauts.

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Arne Naess vital needs and non-anthopocentric

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Humans should live from only vital needs: mud huts, army uniform ect.

Not man centred.

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Arne naess deep vs shallow ecology

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Shallow ecology - electric cars, recycling, tax flights
Deep ecology - ban flights, walk and cycle, no more single use plastic

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Arne naess deep ecology

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All beings are equal so we must reconstruct modern society.

The natural world is a balance of inter-relationships where the existence of one organisms relies on other organisms.

Humans disrupt the natural order.

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Ecosophy t

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Naess’ personal philosophy.
‘Every being whether human, animal or veg has an equal right to live’

Similar with harm principle: “ if one does not know how the outcomes of one’s actions will affect other beings one should not act”

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14
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Extinction rebellion

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A global organisation which targets companies engaged in fossil fuel extraction

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Examples of environmental protesters

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Just stop oil
Insulate Britain
Justice4fathers

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Greta thunberg

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School strikes, started in sweeden and became worldwide eg. Fridays for future
shop-stop only buy clothes when you need to
Vegan doesnt fly

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Peter singer

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In animal liberation he argues we should be strict vegans, must consider pleasure and pain of all animals equally.
Eg. A damaged humans is equal to a healthy animal

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Religious approaches weaknesses

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Dominion
Determinist
Secularisation
Unrealistic and not empirically verifiable

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Religious approaches strengths

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Future generations
Religious obligation
Veganism

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Secular approach weaknesses

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Gaia reproduction issue
Natural selection issue
No religious obligation

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Secular approaches strengths

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Secularisation
Avoids religious determinism
Avoids dominion issue