Unit 9: HL extension: Philosophy and contemporary issues
Topic 9.2: Philosophy and the environment Questions
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Arne Naess's deep ecology holds that:
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A 'green anthropocentrist' still fights hard to protect nature because:
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The 'stewardship' picture of our relationship to nature says that:
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True or false? Anthropocentrism must mean we should NOT bother protecting nature.
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In the Taoist tradition, wu wei means:
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On the 'dependence' picture, protecting nature is a duty because:
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The central question of this micro is best put as:
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Naess's idea of 'self-realisation' is:
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Anthropocentrism is the view that:
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Fill the gap: the whole topic turns on whether protecting nature is a real ______ we owe, or just a nice choice we make when it suits us.
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The instrumental (extrinsic) value of nature is its worth:
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Intrinsic value means a thing is valuable:
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Murray Bookchin's social ecology locates the root of the crisis in:
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True or false? Deep ecology is the view that we should protect nature mainly so that WE humans stay healthy.
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The difference between moral status and legal standing is that:
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Fill the gap: the deep question of this micro is whether nature has ______ value — worth in itself — or only instrumental value.
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Many non-Western traditions frame the environmental question as:
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr argues that the environmental crisis is at root:
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Thiruvalluvar's principle of ahimsa is best described as:
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The strongest overall verdict this micro reaches is that philosophy is:
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