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    Environmental Ethics

    • Environmental ethics is the discipline in


    philosophy that studies the moral relationship
    of human beings to, and also the value and
    moral status of, the environment and its non-
    human contents.
    – Stanford Encyclopedia of
    Philosophy
    • A sense of responsibility to manage and care
    for the environment
    Why need to study
    Environmental Ethics?
    To overcome the following questions.
    • What are the environment damage produce
    by the present generation?
    • What acts must be give up to slow such
    damage?
    The Ethical Values for Pollution Control
    • We should recognize our moral duty to protect the
    welfare not only human beings, but also of other
    nonhuman parts of this system.
    • Usefulness of non-human world for human
    purposes.
    • Humans have no rights to reduce this species
    richness & diversity to satisfy their own needs.
    • The ideological changes is mainly that of
    appreciating life quality, rather than to increase
    higher standard of living.
    • Proper utilization of resources i.e. the people
    should maintain Ecological balance.
    • We should adopt voluntary measures to
    conserve the resources.
    • We should preserve enough resources, so that
    future generation can maintain their quality of
    life at a satisfactory level.
    • "The care of the Earth is our most ancient
    and most worthy, and after all our most
    pleasing responsibility. To cherish what
    remains of it and to foster its renewal is our
    only hope."
    -Wendell Berry
    Consumerism
    and
    waste products
    Consumerism and waste products
    Behind Consumerism
    Types of consumerism
    Methods to control Consumerism
    Urban Planning
    Urban planning is a technical and
    political process concerned with the use
    of land, protection and use of the
    environment, public welfare, and the
    design of the urban environment,
    including air, water, and the
    infrastructure passing into and out of
    urban areas such as transportation,
    communications, and distribution
    networks.
    Why more energy is required in urban areas
    Traditional housing in India required very little temperature
    adjustments as the material used, such as wood and bricks,
    handled temperature changes better than the current
    concrete, glass and steel of ultra-modern building.

    Cities are the main centres of economic growth, trade,


    education, innovations and employment.

    Increasing movement of rural folk to cities in search of


    employment.

    Spreading of the cities into the sub-urban or rural areas too,


    this phenomenon is known as “urban sprawl”.

    Energy use is closely related to development in industry,


    transport, communication, commercial, household and
    agricultural activities.
    Solutions for urban energy demand

    Reduce energy required to produce the


    same amount of goods/services
    (Increase Efficiency)
    Better technology
    Reduction in unnecessary consumption
    Use of renewable sources like solar and
    wind energy
    Environment friendly buildings

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