Summary: Do We Have An Ethical Duty To Protect The Environment? What is the environment? What is the value and moral status of the environment? Is the value of the environment merely instrumental? Or does the environment posses some intrinsic value? Does the environment exist, primarily, for the benefit of man? What kinds of ethical obligation do humans have towards non-humans? Is it morally wrong to perform actions that are harmful to future generations? GRS Real Philosophy Series (Episode 6) Life in the real world often forces people to engage themselves in various philosophical enterprises, most of which involve the sorting out of various ldquo;tough questions.rdquo; This eight-part series will focus on several important philosophical issues related to some of those tough questions.
