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  • Environmental Ethics
  • Conservation Biology
  • Anthropocene Studies

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  • The Anthropocene signifies rapid, large-scale human impact on Earth's systems.
  • Existing environmental ethics frameworks face challenges adapting to unprecedented ecological change.
  • The Anthropocene debate questions the appropriate level of human intervention in nature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore contrasting ethical implications of anthropogenic change for environmental practices.
  • To examine the challenges rapid ecological change poses to ecosystem management and species conservation.
  • To propose a normative stance for environmental ethics in the face of global change.

Main Methods:

  • Review of the Anthropocene debate and its discourse.
  • Analysis of challenges to predominant ecosystem management and species conservation.
  • Philosophical examination of normative environmental ethics.

Main Results:

  • Rapid anthropogenic change necessitates a re-evaluation of environmental ethics.
  • Predominant conservation and management practices are challenged by novel ecological conditions.
  • A forward-looking normative stance can be adopted without endorsing pervasive interventionism.

Conclusions:

  • While novel conservation techniques may be justified, robust interventionism is not ethically mandated.
  • Environmental ethics must adapt to the Anthropocene, balancing intervention with precaution.
  • The study informs ethical considerations for environmental virtue in a changing world.