Define Environmental Ethics:

ethical relationships between humans & nonhumans

judges benefit/harm of actions on environment

What revolution inspired environmental philosophers to evoke change? 19th century..

the industrial revolution: transcendentalism

the effect actions have on the environment

Mmembers of a substinence economy do all of the following EXCEPT..

the trade for goods rather than buy goods

Market failure takes place when...

markets don't account for all costs and benefits

the three ethical persepctives are...

Ecocentric, Anthropocentric, and Biocentric

Define Anthrocentrism:

human-centered view wit our environment

Define the field of ethics:

a field of philosophy studying right and wrong.

The deep ecology movement in the 1970s focused the principles of..

"self-realization" and biocentric equality

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Define Environmental Ethics:
protecting the environment
<div>ethical relationships between humans & nonhumans</div>
<div>supplying food to poor countries</div>
cleaning the water supply
2
identifying with the preservation ethic means that you protect the ______ in a pristine, ____?
laborers; orderly way
leaders of industry; confidential way
natural environment; unaltered
man-made apprenticeships; capitalistic economical way
3
Define Ecocentrism:
the study of ecology
judges benefit/harm of success of business
<div>judges benefit/harm of actions on environment </div>
<div>environment centered around ecosystems</div>
4
What revolution inspired environmental philosophers to evoke change? 19th century..
the industrial revolution: transcendentalism
Conservation revolution: environmentalism
the technological revolution: nanotechnology
the food production revolution: consumptionism
5
Define Biocentrism:
how the world relies on each biome for success</div>
how man made material specifially affects the environment
how biomes react with eachother
the effect actions have on the environment
6
Ecofeminism equates male attitudes towards....
biolgy and the makeup of the female body
nature and space
nature and women
nature and female animals
7
The GPI summarizes many more forms of ________ than the GDP does..
economic activity
environmental activity
waste ativity
progressive activity
8
Mmembers of a substinence economy do all of the following EXCEPT..
they comprise much of the human population today
eat fish and vegetables from freshwater lakes
the trade for goods rather than buy goods
collect all they need fir daily life from nature
9
A person's culture heavily influences their...
all of the above
political ideology
religion
worldview
10
Market failure takes place when...
markets don't make enough money
markets co-exist with the environment
markets don't account for all costs and benefits
markets account for all external costs
11
Ecosystem serives are said to have, ____, values not included in the price of a good/service..
educational values
use values
nonmarket values
cultural values
12
Aldo Leopold, forester and wildlife manager (19th cent), adopted a land ethic relating to...
conservation and evokation
conservation and adaptation
conservation and protection
conservation and preservation
13
the three ethical persepctives are...
plantocentric, amphibeocentric,humanocentric
Ecocentric, Anthropocentric, and Biocentric
Biosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere
Biocentric, Anthropocentric, and heliocentric
14
The ethical expansion of the west has given rise to which movement...
Environmental Justice Movement
Environmental Conservation Movement
Deep Ecology Movement
Environmental Protection Movement
15
Where do majority of Australia's uranium deposits occur?
shores of greece
Aboriginal lands
meditteranean sea
India
16
Define Anthrocentrism:
human-centered view wit our environment
industry-centered view with our environment
Space-centered view with our environment
<div>Helio-centric view with our environment</div>
17
Define the field of ethics:
<div>The study of evolution.</div>
a field of philosophy studying right and wrong.
the field of carcinogenic causing micro-organisms.
The field of studying generations.
18
Providing food is to producing fish as regulating climate is to..
maintaining the ozone layer
controlling global temperature
romiving toxins from vegetation
controlling prey with predators
19
Neoclassical economic theory relates to..
A.) consumer behavior and supply and demand
B.) contributing to environmental impact
C.)nprovided a philosophical view for free-market capitalism
both A and B
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The deep ecology movement in the 1970s focused the principles of..
"self-realization" and biocentric equality
underwater habitat
"self-management" and biocentric equality
"self-realization" and ecocentric equality

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