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Foundation Course Semester 4 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS Unit Structure 13.0 Objective 13.1 Environmental Ethics-meaning 13.2 Libertarian View 13.3 Ecological View 13.4 Conservation View. 13.5 Eco-spirituality ...

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                                                     Foundation Course 
                                                         Semester 4 
                                                              
                              ENVIRONMENTAL  ETHICS  
                         Unit Structure 
                         13.0   Objective 
                         13.1   Environmental  Ethics-meaning 
                         13.2   Libertarian View 
                         13.3   Ecological  View 
                         13.4   Conservation  View. 
                         13.5   Eco-spirituality. 
                                 
                         13.0 OBJECTIVE 
                         After studying the Unit you will be able 
                         To know the meaning of environmental ethics 
                         To be acquainted with different kinds of views of environmental 
                         ethics 
                         To understand the concept of Principle of Fair Carbon Share. 
                         13.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS- MEANING 
                                Ethics is a part of philosophy and guide us to follow 
                         righteous path which is in the larger interest of the society as a 
                         whole. Environmental ethics is related to environmental philosophy 
                         and defines what is right and wrong at ecological level. It is more a 
                         moral binding than legal compulsions. Practicing environmental 
                         ethics is, therefore, left to an individual. The outcome of such 
                         practices is always par excellence since it comes from voluntarily 
                         and hence with dedication. Educating today‘s youths, thus, 
                         becomes more significant in order to achieve expected outcome. 
                                Religious school of thought was the first philosophical 
                         ground to advocate environmental ethics. Every religion has 
                         strongly asked its followers to respect rivers, animals and the 
                         ecology nearby. 
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                                     Modern philosophy on environmental ethics has evolved in 
                              the second half of twentieth century. Population explosion, 
                              environmental degradation, resource crisis etc problems drew the 
                              attention towards the environmental concerns. However, it also 
                              raised some challenges while deciding the environmental ethics in 
                              contemporary situation. Disparity among society, nations and 
                              region; basic right to procure the resources for daily livelihood; right 
                              to access to resources etc were the key challenges in designing 
                              environmental ethics. This has led to different views on 
                              environmental ethics. And this also led to formulation of different 
                              approaches on environmental ethics. There are primarily three 
                              views on environmental ethics: 
                              1.       Libertarian View 
                              2.       Ecological View 
                              3.       Conservation View 
                              13.2 LIBERTARIAN VIEW 
                                      This view is correlated to the principle of civil liberty. As civil 
                              liberty follows the commitment to equal rights to every member of 
                              community, development of an ethics to deal with men‘s 
                              relationship with land animal and plant is absolutely essential. 
                              Social conscience from people to land and nature is equally 
                              inevitable. It is not right to see the natural world simply in the terms 
                              of its economic worth to human. Equal rights or liberty to all human 
                              and nonhuman members in the environment is the principle 
                              doctrine of libertarian view. 
                             13.3 ECOLOGICAL VIEW 
                                    Ecological view demonstrates ecological functioning. On 
                             ethical ground, it is believed that earth has its own mechanism for 
                             functioning, growth and development. Nature has its own 
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          purification processes and recovery systems of life even in most 
          adverse condition. Moreover it is believed that whenever the 
          climatic change had taken place, it took place within a very narrow 
          range of region to enable the life to recover before it gets totally 
          destroyed. This theory is in contrast to Darwinian idea of survival of 
          the fittest. In support of this view, ecologist argue that there are 
          many types of algae that are resistance to ultraviolet radiation, and 
          life would continue and new life would evolve even if the ultraviolet 
          radiationposses the threat to the life on the earth. This theory 
          warns human to change their perceptions and see them as a part of 
          a whole system. However, later it was considered that as the global 
          temperature rises higher and higher there are more climatic 
          disasters, the planet may not be able to recover as it was previously 
          thought. With a three degree rise in global temperature, the rain 
                                      
          forest will start to die releasing vast new amounts of carbon dioxide; 
          in the oceans the algae will fail and absorbing carbon. It is 
          therefore, necessary to recognize fundamental interdependence of 
          all biological and abiological entities. 
          13.4 CONSERVATION ETHIC 
                  ‗Conservation ethic‘ is an extension of instrumental value to 
          the natural environment. It focuses only on the work of environment 
          in the terms of its utility and usefulness to humans Conservation is 
          the oldest form of ethic that lead to creation of national parks, 
          wildlife sanctuaries, responsible use of non-renewable energy 
          sources, water conservation efforts. Conservation is therefore a 
          means to an end and purely concerned with mankind and his future 
          generations. Most of the international treaties are outline as 
          consequences of this ethics. 
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          13.5 ECO-SPIRITUALITY 
                  While policy maker‘s negotiation and create cleaner 
          solutions, it is important to heel the earth and its process heal us. It 
          should be guided by spiritual principle that ensures long term 
          sustainability. The idea that faith can be used to save ecology was 
          first used by formation of WORLDWIDE FUND FOR NATURE. Eco- 
          spiritualism was later extended up to five major world religion 
          (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islamic and Judaism). Each 
          religion thus, provided spiritual motivation for environmental action 
          in number of its programme. „Go Green‘ has become ritual across 
          the world. 
           
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