Environmental Ethics

What You'll Learn

🧠 Do we have a duty to protect the environment? For future generations? For animals? For the planet itself? Environmental ethics is one of the most important topics of our time. Understanding our responsibility to nature is one of the building blocks of strong thinking. Here's how to do it: 1. Look carefully at the problem. What do you see? 2. Think about what you already know. Does this remind you of something? 3. Try an answer! It's totally okay to be wrong — that's how we learn. 4. Check: did it work? If not, try something else! You're building your thinking muscles. The more you practice, the stronger they get!

Key Concept: Our responsibility to nature

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Think About This

📖 You're reading a story and the character needs to use our responsibility to nature. What advice would you give them?

Thinking Steps

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👀 What Do I See?

Look at the problem about our responsibility to nature. What do you notice?

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🤔 What Do I Know?

What do you already know that could help? Have you seen something like this before?

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💡 What's My Idea?

Think of an answer. Can you think of a second one too?

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⭐ What Did I Learn?

Check your answer. Was it right? What did you figure out? Tell someone!

Key Points

Master our responsibility to nature

Apply ethical thinking in real situations

Build habits of ethical thinking

Key Vocabulary

Right

The good thing to do

Wrong

Something that isn't fair or hurts others

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Why This Matters in Real Life

People use ethical thinking skills at home, at school, and at work. Every time you practice, you're getting ready for the future!

Talk About It

Discuss these questions with a friend, parent, or classmate.

1Can you explain our responsibility to nature to a friend using your own words?
2What was the most interesting thing you learned today?
3Draw a picture of what you learned and show it to someone!

Check Your Understanding

Question 1

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What is the main idea of our responsibility to nature?