What is ecofeminism?
How does it relate to environmental philosophy and ethics?
- Ecofeminism (or ecological feminism): an environmental philosophy born from the union of feminism and environmental thinking.
- Ecofeminism argues that the same social mindset that has led to the domination and oppression of women is intimately connected to the social mindset that has led to the abuse of the natural environment.
- Often emphasizes the importance of interrelationships between humans, non-human sentient others, as well as the earth, and all its ecology.
- By looking at our relationship to the environment in terms of domination and oppression, ecofeminism seeks to redefine our understanding and relationship to nature in order to heal our human community, and our environment and all that it contains.
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What did Kant mean when he said that the only thing that's intrinsically valuable is a good will?
What will be an ideal response?
Juan wants to join a ski club so he can go skiing. He remembers that when he went to college
in Pennsylvania, the college had a ski club. The same was true when he went to college in Arizona and in Colorado. He reasons that since those other colleges had ski clubs, most colleges will have one, too.
What will be an ideal response?Since linguistic conventions are often arbitrary, they are incapable of regulating meaningful discourse and establishing mutual understanding between speakers. True False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
"Every time I've gone to the concession stand for a beer, our basketball team has gone on a scoring streak. There are two minutes to go, and the team is trailing by six. I guess it's about time for a beer." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of appeal to ignorance B. The fallacy of false alternatives C. The questionable cause fallacy D. The slippery-slope fallacy E. None of the answers are correct