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Values And Ethical View

Values and Ethical Views
The condition of the environment has been the main topic of debate for many years.   Environmentalists frequently speak of a planet or place faced with a plethora of grave and urgent threats; often associated with unbridled consumption, economic growth, materialism, insensitive development, and booming human numbers. Perhaps most problematic from an environmentalist perspective is the modern view that humanity's fate is divorced from that of the natural world, and that our responsibility to nature is limited to the satisfaction of shallow desires.   In various ways, environmentalists and environmental groups seek to give the natural world a stronger voice in human affairs and struggle to make governments, industry and other institutions see the importance of ecology and to treat nature with greater respect. Many environmentalists see common cause with indigenous communities and other marginalized groups struggling to protect their traditional way of life or freedom from blind commerce and other global incursions.   In the following paper I will discuss the most important principles of ecofeminism, pluralism, and environmental pragmatism; and identify which of these approaches best compliments my values and ethical beliefs regarding environmental issues.
Ecofeminism
Ecofeminism is a social and political movement which attempts to unite environmentalism and feminism, with some currents linking deep ecology and feminism. Ecofeminists argue that a relationship exists between the oppression of women and the degradation of nature, and explore the intersectionality between sexism, the domination of nature, racism, speciesism, and other characteristics of social inequality. (Lancs, 1993)
Françoise d'Eaubonne, 1974, coined the term ecofeminism to promote his movement and philosophy of   the union of feminist and ecological thinking, and the belief that the social mentality that leads to the domination and oppression of women is directly...