environmental ethic
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenvironmentalandethic
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environmental
adjective
uk/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.təl/us/ɪnˌvaɪ.rənˈmen.t̬əl/
relating to ...
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ethic
noun
uk/ˈeθ.ɪk/us/ˈeθ.ɪk/
a system of accepted beliefs that control behaviour, especially such a system based ...
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(Definition ofenvironmentalandethicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A fully adequateenvironmentalethicwould need to incorporate what is of value in each theory - namely, the values each prioritizes - and successfully combine them.
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I have all too briefly indicated what a more adequateenvironmentalethicmight require.
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And would the adoption of a globalenvironmentalethicsuch as deep ecology diminish or reinforce the autonomy of the dying patient?
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An adequateenvironmentalethicmight need to consider the way in which we value certain human features, aspirations and projects.
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Rollin does not believe that anenvironmentalethicis needed to guide us in addressing the ethical and social issues raised by genetic engineering.
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Unless we can achieve a widely acceptedenvironmentalethic, there is little hope of significant change.
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Callicott believes that an adequateenvironmentalethican environmental-ethics paradigm that addresses actual environmental concerns must be holistic.
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A truly anthropocentricenvironmentalethicis necessarily biocentric as well because, ultimately, humans are utterly dependent on the environment to live.
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But what about the relationship of traditional medical ethics to the emerging new theories of environmental ethics, like deep ecology?
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Neither is crushed by the new environmental ethics juggernaut.
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As the principle of precaution gained popularity in environmental ethics and policy, it also found its way to discussions concerning medicine and healthcare.
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These questions also have their earthly analogs in fields such as environmental ethics.
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Smithereens have a particularly strongenvironmentalethic.
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Healthcare ethics, environmental ethics, and science and technology ethics are obvious candidates for development at present.
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When most people see a large automobile and think first of the air pollution it causes rather than the social status it conveys, environmental ethics will have arrived.
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