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A STUDY ON ENVIRONMETAL ETHICS AND GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

  • Unique Paper ID: 167625
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 4
  • PageNo: 168-172
  • Abstract:
  • Environmental ethics is a branch of applied philosophy that studies the conceptual foundations of Environmental values as well as more concrete issues surrounding societal attitudes, actions, and policies Environmental ethics is a field of study that seeks to understand humans’ moral obligations to protect and preserve the environment. It is a branch of ethics that recognizes the intrinsic value of nature, the interconnection of all living things, and the responsibility of humans to act in accordance with ethical principles which human well-being depends. This would provide reason for encouraging non-anthropocentric thinking, even to those who find the idea of non-anthropocentric intrinsic value hard to swallow. In order for such a strategy to be effective one may need to hide one’s cynical anthropocentrism from others and even from oneself. The position can be structurally compared to some indirect form of consequentialism and may attract parallel critiques to protect and sustain biodiversity and ecological systems. In this context the main purpose of the study was to examine the Environmental Ethics and General mental Ability among Secondary School Students. The study also aimed to find out the correlation between the variables. The study has been carried on students of 8thstandard in schools of Mysore city. The sample for the study consist of 100 male and female students and data was collected by using tools, viz, RPM (Raven’s standard progressive matrices) used to measure the level of General mental ability of the students. Environmental Ethics scale to measure the Environmental Ethics among Secondary School Students. There is no significant difference between the Environmental Ethics of male and female secondary school students. There is no significant difference between the General mental ability of male and female secondary school students. There is a significant relationship between Environmental Ethics and General mental ability among Secondary School Students.
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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 4
  • PageNo: 168-172

A STUDY ON ENVIRONMETAL ETHICS AND GENERAL MENTAL ABILITY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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