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Ethics & Environment

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By: Yuliya Novosad
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Decks in this class (19)

Ethics Intro
Ethics,
Two types of ethical concepts,
Post hoc ergo propter hoc
10  cards
Paul Boghossian - Maze of Moral Relativism
Relativism,
Nihilism,
Normative
5  cards
David Enoch - Why I am an Objectivist about Ethics
Subjectivism,
Objectivism,
Why objectivity
9  cards
Utilitarian Approach: Animal Ethics
Utilitarianism definition,
4 parts to utilitarianism definition,
Utilitarianism bentham s formula
15  cards
Peter Singer - All Animals are Equal
Henry sidgwick,
Stanley benn,
Key arguments of singer
4  cards
Shelly Kagan - What's wrong with speciesism
Anencephaly,
Kagans analysis,
Personism
5  cards
Objections to the Utilitarian argument
Are vegans evil like singer,
Problem with consequentialism,
Problem with hedonism
6  cards
Kantian Approach: Animal Ethics
Immanuel kant,
Kants rightness,
Formulae of the universal law
5  cards
Christine Korsgaard: Animal Law
Korsgaards argument,
Kosgaards counter argument,
Why save the environment korsgaard
9  cards
Biodiversity & Ecocentrism
Why is biodiversity valuable,
Arne naess,
Shallow ecology components
10  cards
Katie McShane - Is Biodiversity Intrinsically Valuable?
Mcshanes argument,
Units and differences problem,
Objective value
7  cards
The Value of Life
Why the value of life,
Economist method of valuation of ...,
3 instances of discounting the va...
7  cards
Thomas Schelling - The Life you Save may be your own
Schellings argument on value of life,
Joseph stalin
2  cards
John Broome - The Public & Private Morality of Climate Change
Broomes main argument on private ...
1  cards
Externality & Costless Climate Change Mitigation
Pareto efficiency,
Environmentalists view on climate...,
Coase theorem
5  cards
Broome & Foley - A World Climate Bank
Broome foley controversy,
Implications of broome foley,
Broome foley argument
3  cards
Geoengineering
Tragedy of the commons,
3 pro geoengineering arguments,
3 no geoengineering arguments
16  cards
Royal Society on Geoengineering
Rs suggestions,
Carbon dioxide removal,
Solar radiation management
3  cards
Thomas Schelling - Economic Diplomacy of Geoengineering
Geoengineering shelling,
Schellings argument
2  cards

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