Technocentrism

Question 1

Who wrote the Land Ethic?

Answer 1

Leopold

Question 2

Claims that A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong otherwise.

Answer 2

Land ethic

Question 3

Kind of people that lack faith in modern technology. They are subject to nature rather than in control of it

Answer 3

Ecocentrics

Question 4

What do Ecocentrics argue?

Answer 4

Natural world should be respected for its processes and products.

Low impact technology and self reliance is better than technological control of nature.

Question 5

Technocentrics are hoes that?

Answer 5

Have faith in technology and the industry
Believe humans have control over nature

See that environmental problems DO exist but that cant be fixed by a reduction in industry.

These problems can be solved using science

Question 6

Utilitarianism says that

Answer 6

The suffering of another is equal to the suffering of others. You cant disregard the suffering of something. All pain is equal.

Question 7

Instrumentalism says that?

Answer 7

Theres a need to place proper values on the services provided by natural environments.

Central problem is that many of these services are free.

Question 8

Happens when the price of a product doesnt include some costs of production (especially envi. COSTS)

Answer 8

Negative externality

Question 9

• specialist in the maintenance of ecological balance and the conservation of the environment
• green ideas about the relationship between society and nature

Answer 9

Environmentalism