Arizona State University POS 210 Take Test: Quiz Unit 9 Multiple Attempts QUESTION1)The idea that humans are rightly the masters of nature has been called the cunning of reason

Arizona State University

POS 210

Take Test: Quiz Unit 9

Multiple Attempts

QUESTION1)The idea that humans are rightly the masters of nature has been called the cunning of reason.

the cunning of history.

the arrogance of humanism.

 secular humanism.

biocentrism.

QU ES TI ON 2

According to Aldo Leopold in the “Land Ethic,” conservation is

proceeding rapidly thanks to conservation education

harmony between men and land

saving land for future use by men

essential for the economic wellbeing of the nation

QU ES TI ON 3

According to Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac, the central precept of a land ethic is that

something is right when it preserves the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.

what touches all should be decided by all.

soil and plants must be understood macroscopically as well as microscopically

the culture-creating races must make peace with the culture-bearing races

QU ES TI ON 4

Driving spikes into trees to prevent logging companies from cutting them down is an example of

stewardship.

anthropocentrism.

ecotage.

social ecology.

corporativism.

QU ES TI ON 5

According to the Greens, the “tragedy of the commons” shows How environmental laws fail to help common people

The tragedy of environmentalism on business interests

how individuals won’t conserve because they do not know whether others will or not

why voluntary environmentalism is successful