GEC 108: Ethics

WORKSHEET NO. 14
(Environmental Ethics)
Instruction: Answer the question below in essay form of not more 300 words.
Question: Why is care for the environment a moral obligation for you personally?

answer : Resource depletion is the major cause of extinction, in the near future; there will be
no enough food for all the species on earth. Therefore, human beings have a moral obligation
to conserve the environment in order to make certain our survival and the survival of other
species. The most basic answer to this question is that we have a moral responsibility towards
the environment simply because we share the Earth with many other environmental creatures
and so, they also have certain rights and some share in those resources. It is our moral
responsibility to preserve, share, and care for our common home to obey the words of Christ.
In the book of Genesis, God specifically commanded humankind to take care of both the living
and the non-living creation. It is critical to protect the environment so as to reduce the
destruction of eco-systems caused by a myriad of anthropogenic activities. It is more of a
moral obligation for humans to protect the environment from pollution and other activities that
lead to environmental degradation.

The protection of the environment is our moral responsibility for the continuation of life on
earth. ... In other words, they are the human values that are valuable to a person that dictate
their actions towards the environment. Human beings use this logic to make decisions on
whether something is wrong or right. moral obligation. an obligation arising out of
considerations of right and wrong. “he did it out of a feeling of moral obligation” type of:
duty, obligation, responsibility. the social force that binds you to the courses of action
demanded by that force.