Chapter 2 APES
Chapter 2 Vocab
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- ecological services
- provided by nature
- biocentrism
- gives rights to all life
- goods
- material commodities
- anthropocentrism
- human centered view
- centrally planned economy
- government controlled market
- ecocentrism
- considers entire ecosystem as valuable
- conservation
- humans may use but not abuse natural resources
- GPI
- general progress indicator
- ecolabeling
- promotes low environmental impact products
- culture
- way of life shared by a group of people
- services
- work done for others
- universalist
- clear right and wrong
- ecofeminism
- views world in terms of relationships and cooperation
- economics
- study of resource use
- relativist
- believes ethics vary based on the situation
- cost-benefit analysis
- actions are compared to the sum of the benefits
- environmental justice
- the right of all humans to a clean environment
- GDP
- gross domestic product
- classical economics
- market controlled by supply and demand
- steady-state economy
- stable markets
- Aldo Leopold
- wrote the Land Ethic
- nonmarket values
- value not included in price of goods
- worldview
- reflects personal belief about the world
- environmental ethic
- applys ethics to the environment
- capitalist market economy
- determined by buyers and sellers
- preservation
- complete protection of environment