As issues related to climate change and the environmental impact of human
behavior promolgate a pervasive sense of urgency to action at both the
individual and global level, a fundamental question surfaces as to our relationship
with, and responsibility to, the natural environment. This study
explores the types and ways in which individuals morally think about the
natural environment in certain outdoor recreation activities. More specifically,
this study highlights two distinct types of environmental moral thinking
identified as anthropocentric/egocentric and biocentric. These two...