Key Question: What would an ethic of care towards the environment look like?
- What would be needed to create it?
Something that would need to be created would be the awareness of the harm we are causing to the environment. In order for us to create change in the environment, we would need to change our unhealthy habits in order to improve the environment.
- What would we have to believe about the environment? How should we see it?
Something we would have to believe about the environment is that it is changing in front of our eyes. The change that is happening is pollution, global warming, climate change and cutting down trees. All of this has a very big impact on the environment and wildlife.
- How would we act? – give scenarios
We could react to this by preventing less of these actions, such as cutting down trees.
- What would be different about the world if everyone adopted this ethic of care towards the environment? Benefits and drawbacks?
If we prevented less pollution, global warming, climate change and cutting trees down, our environment and earth would see a huge improvement. If we noticed the change that was happening around us right now, and we took part to help our environment, we would have more benefits and fewer consequences.
5. Should we adopt an ethic of care towards the environment?
Yes, we should because as of right now we are ruining our environment.