environmental ethics
A branch of philosophy arising in the 1970s in response to environmental concerns, and advocating that the natural world should be seen as having intrinsic value. The fact that nature is evidently undervalued has been variously attributed to the influence of capitalism, religion, science & technology, urbanization and human nature.
- environmental ethics (and capitalism),
- environmental ethics (and human nature),
- environmental ethics (and religion),
- environmental ethics (and science & technology),
- environmental ethics (and urbanization),
- environmental impact,
- free market,
- limits to growth,
- Natural Capital Commitee,
- tragedy of the commons
This definition is abridged from A – Z of tree terms: A companion to British arboriculture.
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