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Abstract
The history of the environmental philosophy carries with it the effort to overcome the medieval anthropocentric morality. Here, nature is seen from the instrumental value which they give. The instrumental value here shows the existence of things as important only as they are useful to man. The contemporary environmental ethics bring a novelty showing these environmental bodies as possessing an intrinsic value showing that they have an ethical value. The medieval ethical system which denies intrinsic value to the environment and thus posits man as being at the center of any moral system leads to the over possession of the environment by man. This over possession by man has led to the destruction of environment by man who exploits the environment in his service. This work looks at the African scenario which seems to be facing more environmental degradation in the contemporary times. The reason for this is surmised by this paper as a damaging evolution of the African history from traditionalism which seems to respect the environment to modernism which demystifies the mysteries accorded the environment and hence putting the environment into excessive use through some actions like deforestation, burning of fossil fuels and so on. This paper suggests a crusade against these damaging effects of modernism for a better preservation of the environment.
Highlights
The grounds of People’s existence stem from their culture which shapes their lives and their perception of things
This amounts to the attachment and the respect which the African man has for his environment
Ekwenugo (2003: p. 48) corroborates what Silko tries to put across while explaining the place of story telling in the African culture stating that: We find ourselves in a place where we do not know and where we are not familiar with the world around US [...] it is a world of space structured by time
Summary
The grounds of People’s existence stem from their culture which shapes their lives and their perception of things. The African societies by the tenets of their culture belong to the mythically structured societies As such their belief systems and their world view are based on some mythologically founded theories. It must be important to immediately note here that the mythological undertone of the African belief system neither makes it weird or non factual Present in these myths are pragmatic issues that operate successfully according to the African system. The Africans do not seem to believe that human beings exist alone independent of those elements in their environment. This amounts to the attachment and the respect which the African man has for his environment. This article attempts a study of the indigenous African concept of environment with a view to seeing how far the current environmental problems can be tackled
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