Introduction to Philosophy: 10.2 Environmental Ethics

A named section of OpenStax’s introductory textbook. Explain what changes when future people and nonhuman life enter a decision.

How to study this source

• How do you reason through a difficult moral choice?

  commentaryEnvironmental responsibility and competing values

  Explain what changes when future people and nonhuman life enter a decision.

Ideas and questions

Read background definitions when a term blocks the argument. Then return to the source and reconstruct its claim in your own words.

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