Question: 250 words
1) One of the greatest threats to human and non-human species is climate change and environmental degradation from pollution. Choose any of the ethical frameworks studied so far and use it to argue for stricter policies to protect the environment and non-human species extinction. Remember to construct your argument using premises and conclusions. You want to show why your observations (ie: the red tide that is killing sea life) is connected to climate change and why it is morally wrong.
Choose one of the studies to write the short essay
- relativism, divine common law theory, natural law theory, hedonism, ethical egoism, utilitarianism, social's contract theory, deontological ethics, and virtue ethics.