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What are ethics?

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Ethics is the branch of philosophy that focuses on moral principles and what behaviours are right and wrong.

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[14 April 2020]

[14 April 2020]

How Ethics Can Help You Make Better Decisions | Michael Schur | TED

1. Try and summarise ‘ethics’ as a single guiding question

2. Define:

   1. Values

   2. Principles

   3. Purpose

What are environmental issues?

Wolf Reintroduction in Yellowstone National Park (1995-present)

After wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone, they restored ecological balance but created conflicts with surrounding ranching communities.

[19 June 2023]

[19 June 2023]

Palm Oil Plantations and Orangutan Habitat in Borneo (1990s-present)

Indonesian palm oil expansion provides economic development and jobs, but destroys critical rainforest habitat and threatens the extinction of the orangutan.

[16 May 2018]

[16 May 2018]

Nuclear Energy Development in Post-Fukushima Japan (2011-present)

Following the 2011 Fukushima disaster, Japan faces a choice between nuclear power (low carbon but with catastrophic risk potential) and fossil fuels (climate change but with more predictable risks).

[13 March 2021]

[13 March 2021]

Climate Change and Tuvalu's Disappearing Islands (2000s-present)

Rising sea levels threaten to render Tuvalu uninhabitable within decades, despite the nation's negligible contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions.

[9 November 2021]

[9 November 2021]

1. Outline two additional contemporary environmental issues.

Different environmental perspectives (worldviews)