Environmental Ethics
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Value
Worth in importance placed on
something or someone by a
person.
Moral
What is right vs. what is wrong.
Ethic
The body of moral principles or
values followed by an individual.
These are your ACTIONS!!
Environment
Your total surroundings;
includes both biotic (living) and
abiotic (non-living) factors
Environmental Ethic
The body of moral principles or
values followed by a person in
regards to their total
surroundings.
Ecology
• The study of organisms and their
interactions with their environment
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
• AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE
ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE ARE
NEITHER LESSENED NOR DEPLETED.
• ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE:
– OXYGEN, FOOD, WATER, NUTRIENTS,
WARMTH, SHELTER,
UNSUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
• AN ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THE
ESSENTIAL QUALITIES OF LIFE ARE
LESSENED OR DEPLETED.
Ecosystem
• An area composed of biotic (living) and
abiotic (nonliving) components, which
interact with one another.
Ecological Footprint
• A measure of how much land and water
an individual, population or activity
requires to produce all the resources it
consumes and to absorb the waste it
generates.
• (aka how much humans
impact an ecosystem by their
use of land, water and other
natural resources)