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what is environmental ethics? why do we need a set of ethics for the environment expalin in about 150 words


DEEPAK KUMAR 7th Dec, 2020
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sahanahegde44 10th Dec, 2020

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Environmental ethics is the discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and also the value and moral status of, the environment and its non-human contents.

Environmental ethics is a branch of ethics that studies the relation of human beings and the environment and how ethics play a role in this. Environmental ethics believe that humans are a part of society as well as other living creatures, which includes plants and animals. These items are a very important part of the world and are considered to be a functional part of human life

In environmental philosophy, environmental ethics is an established field of practical philosophy “which reconstructs the essential types of argumentation that can be made for protecting natural entities and the sustainable use of natural resources.

the attempt to apply traditional ethical theories, including consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics, to support contemporary environmental concerns;  the preservation of biodiversity as an ethical goal;  the broader concerns of some thinkers with wilderness, the built environment

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