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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"environmental ethics"”.
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Value theory in environmental ethics and economics
The need for an environmental ethic is clear. Many in environmental ethics claim that an environmental ethic ought to be based on the intrinsic and/or non-anthropocentric value of nature, without consensus on a clear definition of those terms and without a clear analysis of the implications of …
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Environmental ethics and the oyster of the Chesapeake Bay
… this concern as it applies to theories of environmental ethics by analyzing the present use in and the applicability of Green philosophy to a current environmental public policy debate. Namely, through a history and analysis of the debate over the proposed introduction of a foreign species …
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Earth Tones: How Environmental Journalism and Environmental Ethics Influence Environmental Citizenship
Environmental ethics and environmental journalism are influencing the developing philosophy of environmental citizenship. This philosophy involves the ideas that people are part of the environment, that the future depends on a healthy environment, and that action on behalf of the environment is …
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Half-Lives of Responsibility: Gramsci, Derrida, and Inheritance in Environmental Ethics
… nuclear waste policy and central strands of environmental and intergenerational ethics, I establish the failure of these policies to center responsibility in a meaningful way. I offer a critique of present-privileging ethical frameworks that draws on contemporary European philosophy, …
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The practice of Islamic environmental ethics: a case study of Harim and Hima
Environmental Ethics is considered as a discipline of knowledge rather than just an ethical perspective related to environmental issues. Since it is a relatively new discipline, however, most of its scholars are inclined to focus on the theoretical part, while the practical part only really came to …
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United States population policies and environmental ethics: Addressing population growth from the biocentric perspective
When the environmental movement began to surge in the 1960s, concerns were raised over the prospects of the U.S. population growing to an unsustainable level and causing irreparable harm to the environment and our quality of life. Unfortunately, population growth has not been given the priority it …
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The Interdependent Morality Directive: An extension of the animal rights and environmental ethics debate
… Directive: An Extension of the Animal Rights and Environmental Ethics Debate offers a foundation that seeks to reconcile the contending arguments from the animal rights and the environmental ethics schools of thought. By constantly emphasizing the interdependency of all members of the biosphere, …
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Environmental ethics and sustainable design: A case study on the traditional Korean residential building type: Han oak
<p>Originated in the realm of philosophy, environmental ethics takes into consideration the moral relationship between human and non-human world. In light of the severe impact by human activities on this planet, environmental sustainability has become an extremely important issue that prompts …
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Islamic environmental ethics: a model for shaping Muslim attitudes in helping to promote environmental education, awareness and activism
The environmental themes contained within the Quran and the traditions of the Islamic faith are some of the most understudied and largely ignored concepts within the Islamic educational landscape. Amid the severity of the environmental crisis there has been a growing interest in the subject area of …
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An Ecology of Immanent Otherness: The Onto/eco-poethics of Hélène Cixous
… been central to the onto-epistemologies of Anglo Environmental Ethics in the 20th and 21st centuries. In order to dismantle Western conceptions of the human as separate from the material world the case needed to be made for the likeness of humans and nature; "nature is us" (Crutzen and Schäwgerl …
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Integrating environmental education into the curriculum through the use of a nature trail
3rd grade -- Math, language arts, fine arts -- Environmental lessons -- Trees and shrubs -- Poetry -- Weather -- Environmental ethics -- Serrano Indians.
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Integrating environmental education into the curriculum through the use of a nature trail
3rd grade -- Math, language arts, fine arts -- Environmental lessons -- Trees and shrubs -- Poetry -- Weather -- Environmental ethics -- Serrano Indians.
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Evaluating sustainability of community designs
… design paradigms associated with postmodern environmental ethics and the concept of eco-development. Information from the literature is synthesized into design goals and objectives grounded in postmodern environmental ethics and eco-development These objectives are used as criteria with which …
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Exploration and Validation of the Camp Orientation and Experiences Scale
… relationships formed, community involvement, environmental ethics, participation in healthful recreation, and religiosity. For the purpose of this study, camp affiliation was chosen as the main effect. This study used purposive sampling to recruit the participants; which consisted of …
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Addressing Fragmented Relationships and Dislocation in Environmental Thinking: Ubuntu Insights on Human and Nonhuman Wellbeing
… of humanity from its natural environments, in environmental thinking and practices? In answering this question, this dissertation offers an ubuntu-inspired solution. Ubuntu views humanity as inseparably connected with other beings and located in the environment. I propose that, in rejecting …
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Analysis of Environmental-Ethical Concerns Within the United States Funeral Industry
This thesis examines the failings in environmental-ethics present in the United States funeral industry, focusing on the lack of environmental ethical guidelines at an industrial and policy level. Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach through the lenses of environmental science, philosophical …
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Approaches to Nature Aesthetics: East Meets West
Nature aesthetics is examined as an approach to environmental ethics. The characteristics of proper nature appreciation show that every landscape can be appreciated impartially in light of the dynamic processes of nature. However, it is often claimed that natural beauty decreases if humans …
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Study of Christian attitudes toward man's stewardship of the environment: a case study in the Roanoke Valley
… the effects of the Judeo-Christian tradition on environmental ethics. Some believe that the Judeo-Christian tradition has played the significant role in bringing about the present environmental situation. Others maintain that the current environmental crisis is much more complicated, resulting …
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