Environmental Science Questions

CONTENT (respond to each (all) of the requests below):

1. Present and explain Karen Warren’s argument for the similarity between the logic of the domination of 

nature and the domination of women. What are the conclusions she draws from this analogy? (Explain 

this after you present each detailed argument and compare the two arguments.)

2. Present, in contrast, Anthony Weston’s argument for Philosophical Pragmatism as an approach better 

suited for Contemporary Environmental Ethics. Explain why he argues that we should abandon 

attempts to “ground” intrinsic value(s) or to try to find any monistic foundational approach to value.

3. Which values and issues do you see as most important (or salient) in regard to the ongoing discussion of 

sustainability in Contemporary Environmental Ethics? 

(You may also draw key ideas and data from the articles by John B. Cobb, Holmes Rolston III, the 

articles from the Royal Society Science Policy Centre and Bill McKibbon, the Kyoto or Paris 

Accords/Agreements (see online for data) for supporting facts and to identify key issues.)Grading Advisory: A more elaborate or extended response to prompt 3 above at the expense of a lesser