In Katie McShane’s article, ‘Environmental Ethics: An Overview”, she discusses a variety of concepts central to the study of environmental ethics. For this assignment, choose one of those concepts, and perform the following two tasks:
- Define the concept. 2. Explain why this concept is important for environmental ethics.
Concepts: Anthropocentrism; Intrinsic Value; Holism; Individualism; Ecofeminism*; Deep Ecology*. (Those concepts with a * notation are covered in less depth in the assigned reading, and would require more independent research to analyse satisfactorily.)
Note: You should utilise both the McShane reading and the SEP (https://plato.stanford.eduientriesiethics-environmental0 entry from Week 1 in writing this assignment. Feel free to do further research on the concepts you choose, but be aware that dictionary definitions are not usually very useful when working with terms in philosophy, as the terms have specialised meanings within the discipline, and the definition (task 1) is less important to your grade than the explanation (task 2).
This is a short assignment so get straight to the point and avoid vague generalities and unnecessary factual information.
