module 15-16

Question 1

It is concerned with defining the environment and nature and how to value the environment.

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Environmental Philosophy

Question 1

Branch of philosophy that is concerned with natural environment and human’s place within it.

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Environmental Philosophy

Question 2

Areas of Environmental Philosophy:

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Environmental Ethics
Environmental Aesthetics
Ecofeminism
Environmental Hermeneutics
Environmental Theology

Question 3

Considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world.

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Environmental Ethics

Question 4

Has its subject matter the aesthetic experience of the world.

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Environmental Aesthetics

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Focuses on questions concerning appreciation of the world at large and that world is constituted not simply by particular objects but also by environments themselves.

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Environmental Aesthetics

Question 6

Links feminism with ecology.

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Ecofeminism

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Seeks to eradicate all forms of social injustice, not just injustice against women and the environment.

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Ecofeminism

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Applies the techniques and resources of the philosophical field of hermeneutics to environmental issues.

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Environmental Hermeneutics

Question 9

Addresses issues of interpretation as they relate to nature and environmental issues.

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Environmental Hermeneutics

Question 10

Focuses on the understanding of God’s relationship to the cosmos or creation.

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Environmental Theology