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Environmental ethics is a recent branch of moral philosophy that has been systematically developed since the 1970s. It is concerned with the moral relationship between human beings and nature and considers the value and moral status of living beings, ecosystems, and the biosphere.
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ten Have, H., Patrão Neves, M. (2021). Environmental Ethics (See Ecocentrism). In: Dictionary of Global Bioethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54161-3_230
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