Question

How, in aldo leopold’s ethics, are right actions to be distinguished from wrong ones?

Answer 1

In Aldo Leopold’s ethics, actions can be distinguished through social approbation for right actions while social disapproval for wrong actions. This is in line with the mechanism of operation which is the same as any ethics. Social approbation is the society’s approval of one’s action. Since it is approved, it leads to the conclusion that a certain action is correct or right. However, during social disapproval, society doesn’t like the certain action or disapproves it leading to the conclusion that a certain actions showed is considered as inappropriate or wrong actions. These conclusions just coincide with the other ethics presented. Therefore society also play a big role in ethics.