Question

Is focusing on the environment duty based or outcome-based ethics? Some of Both? Why?

Answer 1

As we know that in duty based ethics people do activities in the favor of humanity without knowing outcomes of their actions. It is more or less promotes value based principles in the society.  

In outcome-based ethics, generally we do the right things based on the future consequences of a particular decision or actions to be taken .

When , we conserve natural resources and take necessary actions towards environmental protection then we are following the principles of outcome-based ethics. Generally, our aim is to safeguard our existence in the society. In this way , when environmental conservationist protests then ultimately they have used outcome based philosophy of the ethics.