environmental ethics questions
State/Identify Example:
Identify the four subject fields of philosophy.
(Worth 4 marks)?
Logic
Metaphysics
Epistemology
Axiology
State the principle of Aldo Leopold’s ‘land
ethic.’ (Worth 1 mark)?
An action is right when it tends to promote
the beauty, integrity and stability of the ecosystem;
it is wrong when it tends otherwise.
Explain Question Example:
Taylor states that non-human living things
are not moral agents and do not possess
moral rights. He nevertheless holds that
living things deserve equal moral respect and
consideration within human ethical decision making.
Explain how he uses a conception of
the human good to arrive at this position.
(Worth 3 marks)?
Taylor provides an argument for the
conclusion that all living things deserve equal
moral consideration. The human good, for
Taylor, involves being rational agents.
Rational agents are able to discern that a
conclusion follows from an argument and act
in accordance with what reason requires. So,
realizing our good as rational agents involves
acting in accordance with the conclusion of
his equality argument.
