Justification of Preserving the Environment
Utilitarian Justification:
Sees some aspect of the environment as valuable because it benefits individuals economically or is directly necessary to human survival.
Sees some aspect of the environment as valuable because it benefits individuals economically or is directly necessary to human survival.
Ecological Justification:
An ecosystem is necessary for the survival of some species of interest to us, or that the system itself provides some benefit.
An ecosystem is necessary for the survival of some species of interest to us, or that the system itself provides some benefit.
Aesthetic Justification:
Our appreciation of the beauty of nature. We save nature because it makes us feel good to see it.
Our appreciation of the beauty of nature. We save nature because it makes us feel good to see it.
Recreational Justification:
People use wilderness for recreation.
People use wilderness for recreation.
Inspirational Justification:
Conservation of nature can be based on its benefits to the human spirit.
Conservation of nature can be based on its benefits to the human spirit.
Creative Justification:
Nature is an aid to human creativity.
Nature is an aid to human creativity.
Moral Justification:
Has to do with the belief that various aspects of the environment have a right to exist and that it is our moral obligation to allow them to continue or help them to persist.
Has to do with the belief that various aspects of the environment have a right to exist and that it is our moral obligation to allow them to continue or help them to persist.