Environmental ethics
Environmental ethics is the
ethical realtionship between
human beings and the
environment in which they live. There are many ethical decisions that human beings make with respect to the environment. For example:
- Should they continue to clear cut the forests for the sake of human consumption?
- Should they continue to make gasoline powered vehicles, depleting fossil fuel resources while the technology exsits to create zero-emission vehicles?
- What environmental obligations do they need to keep for future generations?
- Is it right for humans to knowingly cause the extinction of a species for the (perceived or real) convenience of humanity?
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