GEOG 256 9 17 13 Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I Conceptual Problems with Carrying Capacity II Capital Approach III Resilience Theory IV Weak vs Strong Sustainability V Material Input Approach VI Decoupling Strategies Outline of Current Lecture I Ethical Issues in Sustainability Why Care II Why fairness matters in sustainability III What Kinds of Fairness Are There Current Lecture I Ethical Issues in Sustainability Why Care a The anthropocentric case based on concern for human well being i It s in our self interest 1 You ll avoid future costs regulation risks etc ii We should protect one another the ethics of reciprocity iii We have a responsibility to future people 1 We ve benefited from sacrifices made by past generations so we should pay it forward 2 It gives meaning to our having lived they build on our works b Biocentrism Deep Ecology i Biocentrism We have duties to nature because 1 Other entities have inherent rights intrinsic value 2 Humans do not have a privileged role in the biosphere 3 Humans are not inherently superior to other species c Is there a deep social ecology i We have duties to other people cultures These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute 1 All people are interdependent 2 Other people have inherent rights intrinsic value 3 You do not have a privileged role in society 4 One person is not inherently superior to another ii Self Realization 1 The self goes beyond the self to include other people 2 Seeks to reconcile the personal and the group the self and society d So why care i It s in our self interest ii We should treat others as we d like to be treated iii We have an obligation to future generations iv Others deserve respectful consideration II Why fairness matters in sustainability a It promotes cooperation i Unfair burdens for mitigation and conservation undermines cooperation b It promotes less waste and pollution i cost transfer that displaces our impacts elsewhere allows us to ignore responsibility ii Taking responsibility for our mess encourages us to reduce our impacts c Examples of Unfair Conservation Costs Undermining Cooperation i San Bruno Mountain and Brisbane CA ii Oregon Salmon Season III What Kinds of Fairness Are There a Haughton s Equities Unfair burdens from waste or conservation can fall along any of these dimensions i Intra Generational contemporary social equity justice ii Geographical a spatial form of intra generational e g san Bruno mountain iii Procedural Regulatory and participatory systems that treat people openly and fairly Helps produce shared knowledge compromise etc Back room deal on Tucson infill project iv Inter Generational Fairness to future generations the most widely recognized element of S e g bay conservation development commission v Interspecies Rights of natural objects emphasis on biodiversity