Environmental ethics approach in the world and in Turkey

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Yücel, A. Gamze

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This thesis analyzes the environmental knowledge, attitudes and environmentally significant behaviors of the environmental professionals such as academicians and higher level of bureaucrats in Turkey. Additionally socio-demographic characteristics of target groups were measured to examine if environmental professionals having environmental knowledge and defending ecocentric or at least homocentric approaches do really reflect their attitudes and knowledge into actual behaviors or a paradox arises when actual behaviors are compared with expressed beliefs and attitudes. It was found that, socio-demographic characteristics such as gender, age and education were not show statistically significant difference at the respondents̕ behavior. There only exist a positive relationship between education and environmental knowledge. Additionally, the data herein supports the theoretical assumption that, distinct professional groups have different environmental ethical approaches and different levels of environmental knowledge. Academicians have the highest consciousness level of environmental knowledge. Finally the most striking result is; although respondents have at least moderate level of environmental knowledge; there exist a statistically significant negative correlation between respondents̕ environmental knowledge and their behavior.

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/15806

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A. G. Yücel, “Environmental ethics approach in the world and in Turkey,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2005.