Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education
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pp. 2-5.
Abstract
Philosophers think most about questions of justice, fairness. rights, and responsibilities in their study of ethics. For the most part, our recent European ancestors mainly thought about how people should relate to people, and to God, narrowing their scope of ethics. With few exceptions, nature played second fiddle to the more important human needs and wants. Many people today still view nature as something to be conquered or used exclusively by humans, rather than valuing natural systems apart from people and viewing nature as having inherent worth. When people are able to extent moral concern and interests beyond the human community to include the rest of the earth. their environmental ethic has expanded. This ethic enlarges meaning of the terms "community" and "morality." An environmental ethic is a set of related values that helps us limit or restrict our freedoms in order to save and protect nature.
Recommended Citation
Knapp, Clifford
(1995)
"Noah and EVE (Environmental Values Education),"
Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education: Vol. 9:
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4, Article 2.
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