Environmental Ethics

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Environmental Ethics Philosophies

• Biocentric - views all living things as having
  inherent worth (Albert Schweitzer)
• Ecocentric - holistic, considering the whole to
  have an inherent value and therefore deserving of
  moral consideration independent of human-imposed
  values (Aldo Leopold)

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Environmental Ethics Philosophies

• ecofeminism - analyzes societal and cultural
  traits that may have led to the degradation of
  the environment specifically concentrates on the
  oppression of women by a traditional patriarchal
  society as a major form of social domination that
  has precipitated other forms of exploitation and
  domination, including exploitation of the
  environment.

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Environmental Ethics Philosophies

• Deep ecology - holistic and extreme
  non-anthropocentric perspective, rejecting the
  human vs environment dichotomy (humans only one
  species among equal species) (Norwegian
  philosopher Arne Naess)

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Environmental Ethics Philosophies

• ecofeminism - analyzes societal and cultural
  traits that may have led to the degradation of
  the environment specifically concentrates on the
  oppression of women by a traditional patriarchal
  society as a major form of social domination that
  has precipitated other forms of exploitation and
  domination, including exploitation of the
  environment.

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