Environmental Ethics Intrinsic Values
Environmental Ethics Intrinsic Values
For this forum, choose one of the following topics to respond to for your initial post. When you respond to your peers please respond to a learner who has posted a contrary view on the topic you selected and then respond to a learner who has posted on the topic you did not select.
Topic A: Environmental Ethics
Look up the term Environmental Ethics at http://plato.stanford.edu/, then answer the following questions: Do you think that a book, a plant, or a building can be said to have a good of its own? Can things be done in its best interest? Does it have interests? Explain your answers and whether you think that this is a good reason to think of that as having intrinsic value (CO5).
Topic B: Self-Evident Intuitions
Westermarck writes, “…a theory which leads to an examination of the psychological and historical origin of people’s moral opinions should be more useful than a theory which postulates moral truths enunciated by self-evident intuitions that are unchangeable” (CO5). Agree or disagree and give your reasons.
Final Reflection:
And finally, please reflect on the following:
- How will you include ethics in your present or future career?
- How will you talk about ethics as a career competency?
