Abstract
Attempting to face the mounting scientific evidence of imminent environmental catastrophe and associated social problems, this article raises the need for a new level of eco-ethical discussion. First, the author reviews recent developments in public statements by environmentally concerned leaders, such as, Lester Brown of the World Watch Institute and Gro Harlem Brundtland, chair of the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development, calling for a new “environmental ethic” to undergird public policy. He then notes incipient signs of a philosophical and religious response to the environmental crisis, especially among Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox leaders within the past four years as well as interest now awakening within lay religious movements. Finally, he emphasizes the importance of raising the ethical dimensions in three undertakings: 1.) beyond the popular environmental religious concern, a deep search for foundations (theological, scientific and epistemological) should be undertak...
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