REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Why does the environmental crisis demand a new ethic?
A new environmental ethic can help create a deeper appreciation of the need to care for the
environment.
2. Describe three types of environmental ethics developed by philosophers.
Three types of environmental ethics:
Anthropocentric ethics view all moral value in the world as derived from humans and their
interests.
Biocentric ethics recognize the pretense of moral value in all living creatures.
Ecocentric ethics and moral value in systematic holes made up of both biotic and non-biotic part.
3. Describe three common attitudes toward the environment found in modern society.
The most common attitudes found today is development, which tends to adopt a more
anthropocentric approach to nature. It sanctions any manipulation of nature that furthers human
goals and interests; Preservationism, which seeks to keep natural areas ecologically intact and as
