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Assignment Instructions: Complete an essay for each of the following four questions. Essays should be fully developed, including an introduction, body, and conclusions, with proper citations and references per APA guidelines.
Each essay should be one page, 550 words with 1-3 sourecs each. must included Essays should be fully developed, including an introduction, body, and conclusions, with proper citations and references per APA guidelines. Course uses automatic plagiarism checking software, Turnitin, which is embedded in the classroom. You may submit your work up to 3 times prior to the deadline to check your similarity scores (aim for 10% similarity or less).
1). In Dobel’s essay on Greening of Spirituality, he looks at Judeo-Christian roots for his environmental ethic. What parts of the Bible is he drawing on? How does this compare to the readings strictly from Genesis 1-3? Does Dobel believe the current environmental crisis has its roots in the Western world, and is only a problem for the Western world? How does Freundel’s view differ from Dobel’s? Which argument do you find more plausible? Why?
2) Efforts to identify possible solutions to global warming have frequently involved debates over which countries should be responsible for reducing their emissions and whether some countries that have historically produced greenhouse gas emissions should compensate other countries that are impacted. Do you think that Shue’s principles for achieving fair or equitable distribution of costs for protecting the environment can be applied to global warming? What arguments would you make for determining the unequal burden on wealthy countries using these principles?
3) What are the major differences between the holistic and individualistic approaches to environmental ethic?