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Environment: The environment encompasses everything that exists around us and has a direct or indirect influence on living beings and ecosystems. This includes air, water, soil, plants, animals and the climate. It also refers to man-made elements and the impact of human activities on the natural environment.
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Peter Singer on Environment - Dictionary of Arguments

I 238ff
Environment/ecology/ethics/Singer, P.: What kinds of ethical values are relevant when it comes to assessing measures that involve environmental impact? For example, the construction of a dam in a valley that is difficult to access and serves as a recreational area for only a few people,...
I 239
...For example, the construction of a paper mill whose effluent is discharged into the sea, for example the commissioning of a new mine on the edge of a national park.
Western tradition is strongly influenced by the Biblical creation myth. This is about mankind subjecting the earth.
>Christianity
, cf. >Bible, >Bible criticism, >Morality >Ethics.
I 240
Today, many people interpret this as an administrative office. If one then takes it as a yardstick, mankind can orientate itself on God's actions and still justify the greatest interventions.
Nature/Environment/Aristotle/Singer, P.: according to Aristotle plants serve animals, animals serve humans.
>Nature/Aristotle.
I 241
Since nothing in nature happens in vain or futile, everything ultimately serves mankind. (Aristotle(1)).
Nature/Environment/Augustinus/Singer, P.: Augustine follows Aristotle and adds that there is no sin against non-human animals or against the world of nature. (Augustine, Summa Theologica(2))
Environmental protection/Christian tradition/Singer, P.: according to the Christian tradition, everything is oriented towards people. However, preserving the environment can become important when it comes to protecting people's interests.
>Environment.
I 242
Environmental destruction/Singer, P.: the economic value that can be acquired today through the destruction of an irretrievable natural resource, such as a primeval forest, will account for only a fraction of this in a hundred years due to inflation.
I 243
Future generations could not even buy back the lost property if it were available.
>Generational justice.

cf.
>Emission permits, >Emission reduction credits, >Emission targets, >Emissions, >Emissions trading, >Climate change, >Climate damage, >Energy policy, >Clean Energy Standards, >Climate data, >Climate history, >Climate justice, >Climate periods, >Climate targets, >Climate impact research, >Carbon price, >Carbon price coordination, >Carbon price strategies, >Carbon tax, >Carbon tax strategies.


1. Aristotle, Politics (London 1916).
2. Augustine, Summa Theologica, II, ii, qu. 64, art.1, I, ii, qu. 72, art 4.

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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

SingerP I
Peter Singer
Practical Ethics (Third Edition) Cambridge 2011

SingerP II
P. Singer
The Most Good You Can Do: How Effective Altruism is Changing Ideas About Living Ethically. New Haven 2015


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