Abstract
Abstract This is the second volume focused on geoethics published as a Special Publication of the Geological Society of London, a significant step forward in which authors address the maturation of geoethics, a maturity that has strengthened its theoretical foundations in recent years and increased the insight of its reflections. The field of geoethics is now ready to be introduced outside the geoscience community as a logical platform for global ethics that addresses anthropogenic changes. What is clear is that geoethics has a distinction in the geoscientific community for discussing the ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, research, practice and education, as well as communication. This provides a common ground for integrating ideas, experiences and proposals on how geosciences can provide additional services to society, in order to improve the way humans interact responsibly with the Earth system. This book provides new messages to geoscientists, social scientists, intellectuals, law- and decision-makers, and laypeople. Motivations and actions for facing global anthropogenic changes and their intense impacts on the planet need to be governed by an ethical framework capable of merging a solid conceptual structure with pragmatic approaches based on geoscientific knowledge. This philosophy defines geoethics.
Highlights
Note that the current development of geoethical thinking, as illustrated in Bohle (2019), derives from the definition of geoethics, which has been expanded and enriched in Di Capua and Peppoloni (2019): ‘(geoethics) 1) Consists of research and reflection on the values which underpin appropriate behaviours and practices, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system .... 2) Deals with the ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, research, practice, education and communication, and with the social role and
This was the first volume in an international scientific journal dedicated to issues of geoethics and geological culture, in which the editors underlined ‘the need for rediscovery of the cultural values of geology as a science that can contribute to the construction of ... social knowledge, and the need to be aware that geoethics cannot exist without a real awareness among geoscientists of the cultural value of the Earth sciences’
As Peppoloni and Di Capua (2020) point out, the reflections by Zen (1993) and Moores (1997) continue to be a point of reference for the geoscientific community, a strong reminder to reflect carefully on the ethical meaning of geoscience profession and on benefits that geosciences can bring to society
Summary
Note that the current development of geoethical thinking, as illustrated in Bohle (2019), derives from the definition of geoethics, which has been expanded and enriched in Di Capua and Peppoloni (2019): ‘(geoethics) 1) Consists of research and reflection on the values which underpin appropriate behaviours and practices, wherever human activities interact with the Earth system .... 2) Deals with the ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, research, practice, education and communication, and with the social role and. Chapters cover several geoethical issues: theoretical aspects, science ethics, professionalism in geoscience, the role of a code of ethics/conduct, responsible management of georesources and its sociological aspects, water ethics, ethical implications in climate change matters, the geoscience–politics interface, international geoscience cooperation, ethics in georisk management and communication, geoscience communication, (geo)ethics in forensic geology, and space ethics.
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