Activity 1
Activity 1
Activity 1
believe is right and wrong in your behavior toward the environment. Here are some important
ethical questions relating to the environment. Reflect on each of these questions, and determine
which category of environmental worldview you fall into (human-centered, life-centered, earth-
centered).
1. Why should we care about the environment?
2. Are humans the most important species on the planet or are they just another one of the
earth’s millions of life forms?
3. Do people have an obligation to see that their activities do not cause the extinction of other
species? If so, should people try to protect all species or only some? How does society
decide which ones to protect?
4. Does the current human generation have an ethical obligation to pass the natural world
on to future generations in a condition as good as or better than what they inherited?
5. Should every person be entitled to equal protection from environmental hazards
regardless of race, gender, age, national origin, income, social class, or any other factor?
6. Should individuals and society as a whole seek to live more sustainably, and, if so, how?