Environmental Acts and Environmental Ethics

Abstract

This thesis discusses environmental ethics and environmental ethics. This is done through the presentation of different types of environmental acts which can be divided into three. Those that are based on non-violent and legal acts such as peaceful demonstrations and signing petitions. The second category are the actions that are illegal but not violent and include different types of civil disobedience, and the last category are acts that are considered violent either through the use, or threat of use, means such as arson. All of these actions are based on some type of environmental ethics, might that be an anthropocentric view or deep ecology. Furthermore, ethics have been a place of origin for several radicalized individuals or groups such as ALF and ELF. These groups use violence as a means to make change, either through breaking in and releasing animals or through setting an apartment complex on fire. The justification for these acts is that they are saving animals and/or the environment from the invasive acts of other humans.