Transcript Ethics, Economics and the Environment

JIGSAW GAME
1. Hard copies of individual work due at the beginning of class.
Group work to be emailed to me at class end.
2. Expert groups will have 15-20 minutes to discuss answers to
individual questions. To aid expert discussion and facilitate
home group discussion, fill in the table entries for your ethical
approach.
3. Five home groups will be formed, each with one expert in
each ethical approach. Home group questions will be
assigned. Home groups will have about 50 minutes to
prepare written answers.
4. Each home group will make a four minute PowerPoint
presentation in class on Monday, February 3.
ETHICAL APPROACHES
TO
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING
Deontological
Land Ethic
_______centric?
(non)hierarchical?
status of humans?
individualistic or
holistic?
intrinsic value?
morally
considerable?
ethical principle(s)
moral values
moral rules
Teleological
Deep Ecology
Environmental Economics
Singer’s Utilitarianism
ETHICAL APPROACHES
TO
ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING
Deontological
Land Ethic
How to decide?
What should be
done?
Strengths
Weaknesses
Teleological
Deep Ecology
Environmental Economics
Singer’s Utilitarianism