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What is the naturalistic fallacy? In what ways might it be relevant to understanding the relationship between the science of ecology and the subject of environmental ethics?
How does Leopold use Odysseus’ execution of slaves he thought misbehaved to illustrate his contention that one part of the history of ethics has been a broadening of the ethical community?
What do we mean by the phrase “ethical community”? What role does defining its boundaries play in determining the scope of environmental ethics?
Within Darwinism Richards presents the materialism boundary as a divide between mind-first dualist Darwinists, on the one hand, and blank-paper or gene-machine Darwinists on the other hand. Her description of the boundary suggests that a religious believer could never be a blank-paper or gene-machine Darwinist. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
What is the difference between science and scientism? Can scientific evidence be produced in support of scientism?
What is the relationship between scientism and scientific realism? Are all scientific realists scientists? Are all scientists scientific realists?
Be able to define and describe four attitudes concerning the relationship between science and religion: conflict, contrast, contact, and confirmation.
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