Katie McShane’s article, “Environmental Ethics.
1000 words (± 10%), 25% of final mark, due 5pm, In Katie McShane’s article, “Environmental Ethics: An Overview”, she discusses a variety of concepts central to the study of environmental ethics. For this assignment, choose one of those concepts, and perform the following two tasks: 1. Define the concept. 2. Explain why this concept is important for environmental ethics. Concepts: Anthropocentrism; Intrinsic Value; Holism; Individualism; Ecofeminism*; Deep Ecology*. (Those concepts with a * notation are covered in less depth in the assigned reading, and would require more independent research to analyse satisfactorily.) Note: You should utilise both the McShane reading and the SEP (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-environmental/) entry from Week 1 in writing this assignment. Feel free to do further research on the concepts you choose, but be aware that dictionary definitions are not usually very useful when working with terms in philosophy, as the terms have specialised meanings within the discipline, and the definition (task 1) is less important to your grade than the explanation (task 2). This is a short assignment so get straight to the point and avoid vague generalities and unnecessary factual information. You must give full references for all sources, including Internet sites, either in footnotes or a bibliography. But don’t pad your bibliography by including sources that you haven’t used in your essay. You may use any recognised reference system (e.g. Harvard, APA), as long as it provides Author, Year, & Page references (page references only where they exist, obviously). Use quotations only where absolutely necessary and include page references for all quotations or close paraphrases. (Even if using APA, which still claims page numbers are optional for paraphrasing. We require them) Failure to provide references may be seen as plagiarism, which is a serious breach of the University’s disciplinary regulations.