Should we bother to practice ecological responsibility?

Autor: Bleier, Mitch
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Cultural Studies of Science Education
ISSN: 1871-1510
1871-1502
Popis: Are green goals and eco-sensitivity manifestations of delusional human exceptionalism? In this paper I grapple with the question of why/if humans should/must address environmental issues (both local and global) created or exacerbated by human activity. This question can be framed in terms of (a) whether human activity is as natural as that of other organisms and carries with it similar responsibilities, and (b) whether our activity, natural or not, matters in the very long term. It is a consideration of our responsibilities to ourselves, future generations, other organisms, and the earth itself. The recently published A Book of Ecological Virtues: Living Well in the Anthropocene is explored as it challenges the author of this article to confront these issues and their bearing on his and others’ behaviors and actions vis à vis the earth and its inhabitants. (Inuktitut translation generously provided by Brenda Amakłak Putulik)
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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