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environmental ethicsnoun
The branch of ethics that examines questions of moral right and wrong relating to the management, protection, or endangerment of the natural environment.
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Environmental ethics
Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world. It exerts influence on a large range of disciplines including environmental law, environmental sociology, ecotheology, ecological economics, ecology and environmental geography. There are many ethical decisions that human beings make with respect to the environment. For example: ⁕Should we continue to clear cut forests for the sake of human consumption? ⁕Why should we continue to propagate our species, and life itself? ⁕Should we continue to make gasoline powered vehicles? ⁕What environmental obligations do we need to keep for future generations? ⁕Is it right for humans to knowingly cause the extinction of a species for the convenience of humanity? ⁕How should we best use and conserve the space environment to secure and expand life? The academic field of environmental ethics grew up in response to the work of scientists such as Rachel Carson and events such as the first Earth Day in 1970, when environmentalists started urging philosophers to consider the philosophical aspects of environmental problems. Two papers published in Science had a crucial impact: Lynn White's "The Historical Roots of our Ecologic Crisis" and Garrett Hardin's "The Tragedy of the Commons". Also influential was Garett Hardin's later essay called "Exploring New Ethics for Survival", as well as an essay by Aldo Leopold in his A Sand County Almanac, called "The Land Ethic," in which Leopold explicitly claimed that the roots of the ecological crisis were philosophical.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of environmental ethics in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
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The numerical value of environmental ethics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
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