1. Briefly characterize the information and perspective represented in each video concerning the issue of climate change. How might these two perspectives lead to two totally different ethical perspectives on what needs to be done and how urgently and quickly humans need to respond? https://youtu.be/M2Jxs7lR8ZI?t=154 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkdbSxyXftc&t=2s 2. Compare the world view of Brian Swimme with that of Chief Seattle. Describe in detail some of the similarities between them. How does Swimmes perspective provide a scientific basis for an environmental ethics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw0RS2Tfk74&list=PLEAE66D74118D75D5&index=6 https://youtu.be/HoIuPpomWeM?t=55 3. Did the people who built the factories that released the toxins that contaminated the landscape and ultimately ended up in the breast milk of the local Inuit women know that they were doing it? Does this make their action any less unethical? Why or why not? Are we morally responsible for our ignorance? If we are not held morally accountable for actions done in ignorance how might that lead people, corporations or industries to actively perpetuate ignorance? https://youtu.be/3CMlWQodtYs?t=4 4. Watch the above video. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being not so significant, 5 being extremely urgent) how critical do you think the ethical issues surrounding ecology are for our time? What are the reasons that lead you to choose this number? What values do you think are motivating these young activists to go on these school strikes and what values do you think are motivating those who tell them they should be back in school? What do you think this movement of young activists will look like 5 years from now? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCVQdr9QFwY 5. Watch the story of the Algonquin buffalo dance rituals. Why was this story told and this ritual performed? How was it supposed to effect the attitude of the hunters who killed the buffalo? Why was the massive slaughter of the buffalo by the European settlers considered a sacramental violation? https://youtu.be/vwcp6ityOL0?list=PLiJELyO9hcAZ_JVEmAI3sByatFwdSy6F7&t=6 https://youtu.be/ygfO6KpKVWs?list=PLiJELyO9hcAZ_JVEmAI3sByatFwdSy6F7&t=1 6. 6) List and describe three examples from the video that seem to suggest intelligence and empathy on the part of non-human animals. How does Safina turn the very qualities that we often think make humans special (consciousness, intelligence, compassion etc..) into a challenge? Do you think humanity will meet this challenge? Why or why not? https://youtu.be/-wkdH_wluhw?t=20 7. List some of the species that are threatened according to this video. Why might forcing a species to extinction be considered more unethical than killing an animal? What is your personal view concerning our ethical responsibility to animals? https://youtu.be/cKuk9xSfPtQ?t=835
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