Module 5 – Flashcard

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Environmental policy aims to
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promote fairness among people and groups in the use of resources
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The primary role of the United Nations is to
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cooperate in solving international economic, social, cultural, and humanitarian problems
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Decisions rendered by the courts make up a body of law known as
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case law
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Enforcement and elaboration of statutory law is given to
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administrative agencies
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Statutory laws are passed by
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the legislative branch
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The judicial system is important for environmental policy because
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grassroots and other nongovernmental organizations have brought lawsuits to correct environmental damage
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Lobbying, legal action and campaign funding are all means used by /to influence governmental environmental policies.
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the public sector
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The UNEP
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is the environmental arm of the United Nations
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Robert Constanza and his colleagues have shown that ________. A) ecosystems services cannot be assigned monetary values because they are external B) the value of ecosystem services is more than $48 trillion in 2013 dollars C) NAFTA has had environmental benefits worth $2.7 billion in 2011 D) ecosystem services are valued at less than 0.5% of the U.S. GDPE) nutrient cycling is the least valuable of ecosystem services
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Answer:B
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A distinguishing feature of ecological economics is the concept of ________. A) steady-state economies that, like natural systems, neither grow nor shrink B) cost-benefit analysis C) greenwashing to increase public acceptance of products D) the only healthy economy is one that is growing E) environmental damage and also environmental benefits are external
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Answer: A
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Ethics is
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tHe branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad, of right and wrong.
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Antrhocentrism denies, overlooks or devalues the notion that nonhuman things have ____________.
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Intrinsic value
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With Biocentrism they value the overall impact impact on living things. But do they value everything equal or sOME THINGS MORE THAN OTHERS
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Some biocentrists advocate equal consideration for all things, whereas other grant some more consideration than others
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Environmental impact has been considered ethically since what year in the 1900s?
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1970
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