_____________________ philosophy initially encompasses various types of inquiry, including applied ethics oriented to issues such as nuclear power and the deployment of toxic chemicals.

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The prompt asks us to identify a branch of philosophy that broadly covers multiple forms of inquiry, including applied ethics on topics like nuclear power and toxic chemical deployment.
One way to interpret this is to look for a field whose scope includes both theoretical foundations and practical, policy-relevant ethical discussions about the environment and human impacts on natural systems.
Environmental philosophy is the branch that specifically centers on the relationship between humans and the natural world, often addressing ethical questions about pollution, resource use, conservation, and technology's effects on ecosystems.
By contrast, other branches of philosophy (such as epistemology, metaphysics, or ethics without an environmental qualifier) typically focus on different core concerns or narrower domains, and do not inherently foreground issues like nuclear policy or chemical deployment as their primary domain.
The reference to applied ethics concerning nuclear power and toxic chemicals aligns well with environmental ethics, since those topics raise questions about risk, responsibility, intergenerational justice, and the value of natural ecosystems.
However, a note on the data: the provided options list is empty, so there is no alternative choice to compare. In a complete multiple-choice setup, one would evaluate each distractor for scope, relevance, and accuracy relative to environmental philosophy versus other philosophical subfields.
In summary, the description given fits environmental philosophy because it integrates both theoretical considerations and concrete, real-world ethical issues connected to the environment and human impacts on it.

MPU3202.4D.JUN2025 Quiz AB (4%)

_____________________ philosophy initially encompasses various types of inquiry, including applied ethics oriented to issues such as nuclear power and the deployment of toxic chemicals.

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