Question 1

What's an "externality"? Give an environmental example of an externality.

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An "externality" is a term used in econo...

Question 2

Are there any differences between environment ethics for humans and animals? Defend your answers.

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Yes, there are differences between envir...

Question 3

The rising affluence of people in the United States has meant a corresponding decrease in pollution and its attendant environmental problems in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An assessment of costs and benefits inevitably involves

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A)  facts.
B)  monetary costs only.
C)  false opinions.
D)  value judgments and factual uncertainties D

Question 5

The international fishing industry as it exists today gives us good reason to reject the moral of Garrett Hardin's "Parable of the Commons."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In consideration for the obligation to others,

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A)  we have no genuine moral obligations to future generations.
B)  future people have a right to be born.
C)  the U.S.uses more than its proportional share of the world's resources.
D)  environmental protection is always a static trade-off,with a fixed economic price to be paid for the gains we want. C

Question 7

Which environmental statement is true?

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A)  Tropical forests are the earth's richest,oldest,and most complex ecosystems.
B)  Because of technological breakthroughs,people living in developed countries put less strain on the environment than do people in poorer countries.
C)  There are only about 1000 species of animals left in the world.
D)  The United States consumes only its proportional share of the world's irreplaceable natural resources.

Question 8

The moral theorist William T.Blackstone claims that the right to a livable environment

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A)  would solve the problem of how to conserve resources.
B)  prevents the use of government regulation to control the actions of business.
C)  is a fundamental human right.
D)  implies that non-human animals have no genuine moral rights.

Question 9

William F.Baxter addresses environmental ethics by noting

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A)  the best ethical position to adopt on environmental issues is a naturalistic position.
B)  non-human animals have intrinsic value.
C)  judgments about environmental problems ought to be people-oriented.
D)  damage to geological "marvels" is inherently wrong and should be prevented.

Question 10

Cost-benefit analysis is a device used to determine whether it's worthwhile to incur a particular cost.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

William T.Blackstone rejects the idea that each person has a human right to a livable environment on the grounds that it is technically infeasible.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The disparity between private industrial costs and public social costs is what economists call an "internality."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented)  ethic of Baxter and others,

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A)  environmental preservation is inherently valuable.
B)  the Grand Canyon is valuable only because people care about it.
C)  we have a strong,almost absolute obligation to preserve species from extinction.
D)  future people have no interests that we need to respect now.
E)   nature has value in and of itself,apart from human beings.

Question 14

Cost-benefit analyses of rival environmental policies inevitably involve making value judgments about nonmonetary costs and benefits.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The "tragedy of the commons" is

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A)  the lack of a commons¾a common place where people can come together.
B)  the failure to appreciate what we have in common with other species.
C)  that cost-benefit analysis involves value judgments that we do not share in common.
D)  that individual pursuit of self-interest can sometimes make everyone worse off.

Question 16

Is it appropriate to have a "valley of death" as described in Case 7.2? If you worked for one of the factories how would you justify the fumes? If you take an environmental view,how would confront the problem?

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The "valley of death" as described in Ca...

Question 17

Thanks to the EPA,the federal government long ago eliminated the problem of potentially harmful pesticides and other chemical residues in food.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Moral vegetarians are people who reject the eating of meat on moral grounds.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Tampering with the ecosystem always has injurious effects.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 20

What's a "free rider"?

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A "free rider" is a term used in economi...

Exam 7: The Environment

What's an "externality"? Give an environmental example of an externality.

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Are there any differences between environment ethics for humans and animals? Defend your answers.

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The rising affluence of people in the United States has meant a corresponding decrease in pollution and its attendant environmental problems in the United States.

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An assessment of costs and benefits inevitably involves

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Cost-benefit analysis is a device used to determine whether it's worthwhile to incur a particular cost.

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The disparity between private industrial costs and public social costs is what economists call an "internality."

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According to the anthropocentric (or human-oriented) ethic of Baxter and others,

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Cost-benefit analyses of rival environmental policies inevitably involve making value judgments about nonmonetary costs and benefits.

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Is it appropriate to have a "valley of death" as described in Case 7.2? If you worked for one of the factories how would you justify the fumes? If you take an environmental view,how would confront the problem?

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Thanks to the EPA,the federal government long ago eliminated the problem of potentially harmful pesticides and other chemical residues in food.

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Moral vegetarians are people who reject the eating of meat on moral grounds.

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Tampering with the ecosystem always has injurious effects.

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