1) What is the precautionary principle? Explain and give examples. How might the precautionary principle apply to geo-engineering and solar radiation management?
2) Summarize Garrett Hardin’s Life Boat Ethics. How does it apply to the problem of overpopulation? What is Hardins conclusion regarding international aid?
3) What are some objections to Hardin’s Life Boat Ethics? Is Hardins analogy accurate? What is the relationship between population growth and poverty? How might we slow population growth in a humane way?
4) Explain Derek Parfits non-identity problem (NIP). Explain the issue with regard to the 14-year-old girl who wants to have a baby now. How does the NIP apply to climate change? What does it seem to apply that we can have no duties to save the environment for future people?
5) Explain Andrew Lights (pragmatism) critique of environmental philosophy. What should be the proper goal of environmental ethics? How does he characterize what the role of an environmental philosopher should be?
6) What arguments does Meyers give in favor of entomophagy? Summarize the ecological argument against eating meat. Describe several ways that eating meat is bad for the environment.
7) What is capitalism and how does it contribute to climate change? What is capitalism that requires constant growth? Why is that bad for the environment?
8) What is ecological restoration (ER)? Describe and give examples. What are the goals of ER? What are some of the objections to ER?
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