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Respect for Nature

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the three main theories of environmental ethics?

a)

Biocentrism, Homocentrism, Ecocentrism

b)

Utilitarianism, Anthropocentrism, Biocentrism

c)

Homocentrism, Biocentrism, Utilitarianism

2.

Biocentrism is human-based.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

3.

Which environmental ethic refers to the belief that humans and their interests have a privileged moral status and values higher than the environment?

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Homocentrism

c)

Biocentrism

4.

It is a theory of morality that advocates actions that foster happiness or pleasure and oppose actions that cause unhappiness or harm.

a)

Utilitarianism

b)

Homocentrism

c)

Biocentrism

5.

Homocentrism is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the problem of human existence and centers on the experience of thinking, feeling, and acting.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

6.

When did Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill associate Utilitarianism as a tradition of ethical philosophy?

a)

21st century

b)

18th century

c)

19th century

7.

The differences among homocentrism, biocentrism, and utilitarianism are primarily brought by the difference over which among the members of the natural environment they believe to have moral status or to be presented with moral rights.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Who proposed the concept of the Biocentric Universe?

a)

Robert Chartoff

b)

Robert Lanza

c)

Robert Downey

9.

Utilitarianism also holds what?

a)

Most Logical Choice

b)

Most Hypothetical Choice

c)

Most Ethical Choice

10.

Homocentrism holds that the most ethical choice is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE