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Routley, Need for a New, an Environmental, Ethic?
1. What, according to Routley, does our old ethics conclude with respect to nature? Can we censure Crusoe? Please explain.
2. What are the 3 options Routley lays out in terms of trying to explain how Crusoe might be morally wrong?
3. How does Routley go about getting to the option he is interested in convincing the reader is right?
4. What are the 3 main Western ethical traditions that Routley outlines?
5. Explain, using a concrete example, basic human chauvinism.
6. What must an adequate meta-ethic do, according to Routley?
7. Explain Routley's example of the Blue Whale. What is it meant to show us?