Justification for Preserving the Environment
Utilitarian Justification: See 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 itself provides some benefits.
Aesthetic Justification: 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.
Inspirational Justification: Conservation of nature can be based on its benefits to the human spirit.
Creative Justification: 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.
Utilitarian Justification: See 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 itself provides some benefits.
Aesthetic Justification: 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.
Inspirational Justification: Conservation of nature can be based on its benefits to the human spirit.
Creative Justification: 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.
Slide show! (they are all in order)