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Review Questions #1 1. Describe why green ideology is a counter-ideology. Green ideology is a counter-ideology in that it criticizes other modern ideologies asserting that they are all guilty of anthropocentricity and share a humanist assumption that human beings are the rightful masters of nature along with the explanation that nature is only to supply resources for humans, and we may use them freely without guilt or concern for the state of the planet. Greens state other ideologies disregard the fact that humans need nature and that their wellbeing’s are directly tied to one another and therefor nature or ecology must be considered politically whereas other ideologies only consider socioeconomic policy. 2. What do greens mean by the "arrogance of humanism"? What Greens mean by the term “arrogance of humanism” is that humans being have determine they are the natural masters of all other species and ecological resources of nature and those things exists solely in a supporting role for our wellbeing. 3. Do you think greens are correct about the other ideologies we have studied? Yes. Where other ideologies have focused on economic growth and industry or technological advances, they have failed to achieve a symbiotic approach to business and the limited natural resources business relies upon. There is room for this type of consideration within the other ideologies unless it challenges the central focal point of the ideology, i.e., capitalism for liberalism or the power of the State in nationalism/fascism. 4. Describe what is meant by "ecology." The study of the myriad connections between different things found in nature. 5. Describe the ecological view of freedom. Survival and flourishing of species and the Earth. 6. From the lecture, describe one early figure who influenced greens. From the lecture, one early figure who influenced greens is Aldo Leopold. He was a scientist and conservationist who authored the Sand County Almanac, which was published and released after his death by his son. Leopold is best known for his idea the “land ethic” which proclaims a thing is right when it preserves the integrity and stability of the biotic community. Review Questions #2 1. From the lecture, describe the free rider problem in your own words. The free rider problem is the identification that one or more persons belonging to a group will not inconvenience themselves due to the belief that others, within the group, are inconveniencing themselves enough to support the good of the whole group. This belief then allows for the free riders to take advantage of the group through their unfair use of the group’s accessible resources. 2. From the lecture, why did Jennet refer to group projects? In her reference, Jennet discusses the process in group projects where one member does more work than another or all others to describe the effects of the free rider in a local manner that is relatable to students.
3. Describe the tragedy of the commons in your own words. In my own words, I would describe the tragedy of the commons as this, when there is no enforceable fair share policy of a common or public resource, there will always be members of any society, no matter the ideological governance, that will allow self-interests to justify taking an unfair or unequal share of the common property. 4. Describe the three solutions to the tragedy of the commons. The three solutions to the tragedy of the commons are privatization (division of public property), call to conscience (application of guilt to inspire integrity), and lastly coercion or legal action limiting polices. 5. Which solution do you think is the most effective? Use the material from the course to support your answer. I think the solution that is the most effective is coercion. Though it requires greater size in government to regulate, tax or right law to incentivize “green” ideologies, it ultimately feels the most as a compromise between those who want to prioritize their own self-preservation and those who fill its morally conscionable to prioritize ecological considerations. 6. Describe light greens and dark greens. Light and dark greens are a way to title two sides of the green ideology application preference. Light greens are social ecologist and give regard to humans as holding a special place among nature. They prefer nature friendly special political interest groups. Dark greens are more radical and believe in more extreme measures as well as enforcement of those measures. They do not see humans as special nor held in higher regard than earth. 7. From the lecture, what are social ecologists? Social egologists are “light greens” and they except that human beings are special and require preference in preservation models, they do not see humans as masters of natures but more as the curators of the Earth with a responsibility to preserve nature. 8. Which approach fits better with the ideas and ideals of green ideology: dark greens or light greens? Use the material from the course to support your answer. Dark greens approach, while less effective overall, fits better with the green ideology. They will and do place the importance of nature over the importance humanism. The “spikes in the trees” acts of ecotage, speak to the balance of concern, for the greens acting in such a manner, for nature and its resources to be more important than the loggers need to make money.
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