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To explain: The components of the study of ethics. Describe and differentiate intrinsic value and instrumental value. Describe the environmental ethics.
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Study of ethics includes the goods and evils, rights and wrongs. The intrinsic value is the value of something which it has on its own and the extrinsic value is something it has because of its use for others. The environmental ethics include the rights and wrongs of humans for maintaining a relationship with the environment.
Explanation of Solution
The branch of Philosophy that deals with the morality is known as the ethics. Ethics deals with the right and wrong actions performed by humans, good and evil and virtuous and non-virtuous characteristics of individuals.
The study of ethics encompasses the study of what is good and what is bad, of all the rights and wrongs. The study of ethics also includes the theories like universalism and relativism. The differences between the intrinsic and instrumental value are as follows:
Intrinsic value | Instrumental value |
1. The intrinsic value can be defined as the value of something that it has. | 1. The instrumental value means the value of something that it has because it is helpful in achieving something. |
2. Nature needs to be protected for its own sake (intrinsic value). | 2. Nature needs to be protected for happiness of humans (instrumental value). |
Environmental ethics is a branch of environmental philosophy which not only involves the humans but also the other organisms and the abiotic factors. It explains the moral relationship of humans with its environment. It includes conservation and preservation of natural resources.
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