【简答题】“The land of the free and the home of the brave,” these closing words of the U.S. national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”, sum up the ideas that many citizens of the United States have for their c...
【简答题】Read the passage about the changes to Japanese department stores and complete the paragraphs with the correct answer A–G. A so a merger serves as a convenient excuse to centralize B customers are des...
【单选题】Suppose that thefactor endowment of two countries are given by the following table. Land Labor Japan 10 8 US 20 10 There are only two products – cloth and wheat,produced in each nation by utilizing th...
【单选题】Suppose that the factor endowment of twocountries are given by the following table Land Labor Japan 10 8 US 20 10 There are only two products – cloth and wheat,produced in each nation by utilizing the...
【多选题】Which of the following statements about the land ethic are correct?
A.
Aldo Leopold (1887–1948) wrote, among other things, the famous essay, "The Land Ethic." In it, Leopold argues that our relationship with the land is an ethical one in which we understand ourselves as being a part of a biotic community that includes the land.
B.
"Right" and "wrong" are to be understood through the well-being of the community as a whole. Under this understanding a person could justify farming, hunting, or other use of natural resources as long as the integrity, stability, and beauty of the particular natural community has been maintained.
C.
Such an outlook has been called ethical holism because ethical judgments about projects involving nature are made from this perspective.
D.
Pivotal to this understanding is the notion of a land pyramid in which one distinguishes the importance of the pyramid's lower layers: the soil and the primary producers.