Trail ethics
Encyclopedia
Trail ethics deals with ethics
as it applies to the use of trails. It is similar to both environmental ethics
and human rights
in that it deals with the shared interaction of human
s and nature
. There are multiple agencies and groups that support and encourage ethical behavior on trails.
Ethics
Ethics, also known as moral philosophy, is a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good and evil, right and wrong, virtue and vice, justice and crime, etc.Major branches of ethics include:...
as it applies to the use of trails. It is similar to both environmental ethics
Environmental ethics
Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non-human world...
and human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
in that it deals with the shared interaction of human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s and nature
Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general...
. There are multiple agencies and groups that support and encourage ethical behavior on trails.