Introduction To Environmental Ethics

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Taking a first dive into the Introduction to Environmental Ethics, ethics is the study of morality which deals with what is right and wrong with human behavior. This is what establishes what is right, wrong, good or bad in the making of moral decisions. In this first lesson we’ve also discussed components of morality. This book seems to allow the readers to question their foundation to their actions and question the foundations of ethical systems. Two ethical systems I’d like to address are Law and religion and how they distinguish from morality.
The law is seen as a guide book of what one should and shouldn't so, and if violated there are legal consequences. Law has shown to enforce some foundations of morality. Majority of …show more content…

However, there are also some laws that can be considered immoral but allowed by the states for example gambling or drugs. Law is not a part of morality in fact it can enforce some aspects of morality by incorporating some societal codes to not inflict harm on others; however, there are also some unjust laws as well as law enforcers. Lawyers and cops like any other person have the ability to act morally unjust. Laws however cannot prevent someone from coveting, adultery, stealing and killing if that is what they desire to do. Law is not a necessary attribute of morality, morality comes before law and law is a threatening penalty of not following morality to a certain degree. In an environment without laws would every person still proceed to act morally right? Without laws people’s moralities …show more content…

In example in an environment where there is no law, would every human being have the same morality to not do anything bad? or would their morality change when there are no punishments of the law? I believe these concepts help understand human society because it touches base on how individuals can do something beneficial or harmful to society without rewards and punishments, compared to having actions influenced by the law that force humans to act morally right. Distinguishing between morality and religion is important because for morality you need to think for yourself not just blindly accept a religion that imposes certain beliefs and ethical ways of living. People must be able to distinguish for themselves instead of following religious guidelines without further investigation because individuals must be able to think for themselves so that we have diversity. I believe that this way of thinking will help improve the environment and society we live in, because through diversity we can have multiple points of view and bounce ideas off each other in order to make further breakthroughs in our communication and understanding towards each other as human beings. Morality and religion go hand in hand, because it is important to question it as well as accept it at the

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