Ethics and the Environment: Your Values Versus the Earth's Future

By Debbie, published Oct 01, 2007
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As humans, we have a responsibility to take care of the earth, which is our home and the home to other races and species that do not have the means or the ability to protect it on their own. Everyone has different ideas of what is right and wrong; these ideas compose our values and ethics.

One person might think it is OK to wear a fur coat or a leather jacket. (After all, everyone does it, and animals are killed for clothing and food every day. People have to have clothing to protect them.) Someone else may think that it is not necessary, even cruel, to kill animals for clothing when there are other materials that can be worn that bring no harm to any living thing. The difference in these opinions is a difference in ethics and values. Most people have a core set of beliefs that govern the decisions they make. In this paper, I will discuss my beliefs regarding the environment, my responsibility to the environment and how my beliefs define those responsibilities. I will also explore conflicts that I have had in times when I did not live up to my ethical responsibilities.

 
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I agree with the points you make and appreciate you having tips for conserving. I used the leftover water from the veges two nights ago to water my houseplants, they like the nutrients that are there. Good article and glad to have read it.

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Posted on 01/06/2008 at 3:01:45 PM

 
Raising cattle for food has been proven to damage soil and the air by creating toxins. It might not seem that a bomb dropped thousands of miles away could affect air quality, but with earth's constant rotation it does spead toxins. Use of fossil fuels for heat and engery sources is another major reason for destruction of a green planet, especially when there are altenatives available such as solar panels and "wind mills".It does seem that most people are only concerned with today and not earth's future.

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Posted on 10/15/2007 at 2:10:00 PM

 
As for tobacco smoke doing major damage to the air, I find that ludicrous. The fumes from a cigarette dissipate so quickly in outdoor air, there is little chance of toxic fumes affecting anyone. One would need, perhaps, thousands of smokers on one street corner smoking at the same time to produce the effect of one bus emmisions that stopped to pick up or drop off passengers. The bus does not even have to stop to pollute the air. Likewise other vehicles and factory smoke that is much thicker and heavier, thus lingering longer as it is blown by the wind.

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Posted on 10/15/2007 at 2:10:00 PM

 
Apartment living is different than house living, but I do conserve water by not running it when brushing my teeth and not flushing the toilet everytime I urinate (I do that a lot in the course of a day!). Of course when I use public restrooms I would not think to conserve a few gallons of water in that manner. I have a sister that washes bath towels after each use. She thinks that is more sanitary, whereas I prefer to wash them less often. So. Cal. is running out of clean water supplies, so conserving it is everyones job.

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Posted on 10/15/2007 at 1:10:00 PM

 
Today is Blog Action Day with a call for blog posts or articles relating to the environment, which is why I did an AC search for CPs who particpated. Many people's ethnic beleifs come from the Hebrew Bible story of creation and say that God gave man "domination over animals" (fish, etc) As such, there is no sense trying to convince them, that perhaps it is cruel to raise, minks for example, to simply slaughter them for their fur. We no longer live in an age when we need to do that to produce clothing to keep us warm.

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Posted on 10/15/2007 at 1:10:00 PM

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