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Chapter 2 Multiple Choice Questions
Ideas about Environmental Protection
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Which of the following is NOT a type of idea that plays an important role in global environmental governance?
Liberalism
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Nationalism
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Causal beliefs
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Social norms
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Which of the following statements reflects a communitarian worldview?
Humanity shares an underlying ethical concern for specific ways to protect the environment.
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Common principles should be created to guide conservation efforts around the world.
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Countries have different cultural perspectives and these differences need to be taken into account when developing environmental policies.
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Each country's domestic environmental regulations should be approved by an international organization.
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Which of the following statements accurately depicts the distinction between anthropocentric and biocentric worldviews?
Anthropocentrism assumes that it is appropriate for humans to obtain services from non-humans, while biocentrism assumes that human use of non-humans is never justified.
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Anthropocentrism assumes that environmental protection should not be considered because human concerns must come first, whereas biocentrism assumes that environmental concerns must come before human concerns.
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Anthropocentrism assumes that humans should be free to mistreat animals and exploit natural resources, whereas biocentrism assumes that the exploitation of resources can't be justified.
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Anthropocentrism assumes that the criteria governing the human-environment interactions must relate to how the environment serves the interests of humanity, whereas biocentrism assumes that non-humans have intrinsic value, and their interests need to be taken into account.
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Why would a shift from an anthropocentric worldview to a biocentric worldview in international environmental politics be difficult?
It would be too much work and effort to change international environmental law.
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Anthropocentrism has several deep roots in the western culture.
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A biocentric worldview would harm the economy.
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Anthropocentrism is the best way to ensure that future generations will live in a healthy environment.
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What was the primary motivation for negotiating the 1946 International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, which created the International Whaling Commission?
The decline in whale populations was a biodiversity conservation concern.
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The adverse health effects of eating whale meat.
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Declining whale populations put the whaling industry at risk. Therefore, whale stocks had to be monitored.
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As an essential part of marine ecosystems, the decline of whale populations threatens the vitality of the oceans.
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Which of the following is an example of a conservationist policy?
A national park system is created which bans all forms of human activity within the parks.
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A grassland ecosystem is made off limits to commercial development.
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A protected area is designated that bans all types of human activities, aside from no trace hiking and backpacking.
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A government creates a programme to implement sustainable forest management practices.
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Which of the following statements best explains the distinction between neo-Malthusianism and cornucopianism?
Neo-Malthusianism sees a growing human population as a destabilizing force that must be managed, whereas cornucopianism sees a growing human population as an asset because it means additional capacity for innovation.
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Neo-Malthusianism sees technology as inherently bad for the environment, whereas cornucopianism sees technological advancement as a prerequisite for environmental protection.
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Neo-Malthusianism believes that humans are incapable of protecting the environment, whereas cornucopianism believes that the environment doesn't need protecting.
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Neo-Malthusianism believes that the environment can be protected best if humans minimize their interventions, whereas cornucopianism believes that human intervention is needed to protect the environment.
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What arguments are used to support the position that economic growth is not a solution to environmental problems?
The forces of supply and demand cannot account for the Earth's natural balances.
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Industrial capitalism neglects the value of natural capital.
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Economic growth exacerbates environmental problems by increasing resource extraction and pollution.
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All of the above.
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Why are considerations of equity difficult to address through policy decisions?
Environmental problem solving is most effective when equity is not considered.
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Conceptualizations of equity are contested and they raise moral dilemmas.
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Most environmental stakeholders don't think equity is important.
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Policymakers think equity is important but it should be left to philosophers to address.
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Why might there be conflicts between intragenerational and intergenerational equity?
Addressing the needs of living generations may require a trade-off with fulfilling the needs of future generations, and vice versa.
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Living generations cannot definitively know what the interests of future generations are.
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There is no conflict, everyone currently living has the same interests as future generations.
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There are no similarities in the interests of present and future generations.
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