Ethical Relationship of Human and Nature in Jack London’s White Fang

Abstract

Ecological Crisis is one of the alarming threats of humans in present times. They have little knowledge about their ethical responsibility towards nature. Their anthropocentric attitude results in exploitation of nature which is mainly due to a complete disregard of ethics. Ethics are the code of behaviour that is acceptable for the conducive conduct or living. Owing to overweening pride, they look down upon nature and fail to empathise with their ethical responsibility to save and live amicable life with nature. Jack London, a prolific American writer, zeroes in on the relationship between human and nature in White Fang. The researcher tries to analyse how humans should have an ethical care towards nature through the characters in this novel.