Environmental Ethics Research Articles

칼 사우어(Carl O. Sauer)의 문화·역사지리학에 투영된 환경관

Despite Sauer set out his coursework in 1909 in the midst of Davisian physiography and environmentalism, Salisbury at Chicago assisted him to avoid the causative man-nature relation by laying emphasis on field observations. Having witnessed the widespread soil exhaustion in Illinois and Missouri, Sauer now at Ann Arbor had to redress economic and ecological problems from the deforestration of white pines on the Great Lakes. Advising on the issues of land utilization and soil erosion for the New Deal Government, Sauer in Berlekey shaped up the landscape morphology in which culture was conceived as an agent, natural landscape a medium and cultural landscape an outcome. The intellectual encounter with Boasian anthropology resulted in cultural and historical geography or culture history of seeking out the origin, diffusion and transformation of culture and cultural landscape, bearing the brunt of environmentalism. To be noted is that Sauer resurrected Marsh’s Man and Nature by organizing the 1955 international symposium on ‘Man’s Role in Changing the Face of the Earth’. Sauer’s environmental ethics urges us to do our moral and ecological duties for the coming generation.

Роль держави та громадських організацій у підтримці соціально відповідального бізнесу

The article examines the importance of social responsibility and clarifies the role of the state and public organizations in supporting socially responsible businesses. Today, many Ukrainian enterprises and organizations realize the importance of socially responsible business and increasingly create and implement socially responsible business projects. Such social projects may be related to charity, creating new jobs for IDPs or people with certain special needs, introducing new ecological technologies in energy or food, and other social initiatives. Modernity has faced a whole chain of quite complex problems, for example, the rapid growth of social inequality, global environmental crises, and protracted armed conflicts. The article focuses on the fact that overcoming the mentioned problems requires significant general efforts not only of power structures but also of business and scientific circles and the public. The author analyzes publications devoted to the formation and improvement of socially oriented behavior of business entities and analyzes the experience of using public-private practices and approaches to creating and implementing projects regarding the social responsibility of representatives of state authorities, business structures, public organizations, and other stakeholders. The social responsibility of the state is one of the main levers of ensuring the quality and effectiveness of state administration. The author emphasizes that the state has an essential task in shaping the socially responsible behavior of citizens. Legislative influence, educational policy, support for socially responsible businesses, and public campaigns are all tools the state can use to support and develop socially responsible behavior that contributes to creating an ethical and sustainable society. Public organizations also play an essential role in implementing these principles and forming an ethical business environment. The most crucial function of NGOs is to change people. In our fragmented society, non-governmental organizations promote social inclusion and integration. Public organizations are active initiators of social projects and social initiatives aimed at creating comfortable living conditions for communities, improving the quality of education, etc. The author emphasizes that the state is vital in regulating and stimulating socially responsible business behavior. Legislation, financial incentives, and other instruments of government intervention can contribute to the formation of an effective system of social responsibility. It was also found that public organizations monitor and promote the principles of social responsibility. They can influence business by demanding compliance with high standards of ethics and integrity. Keywords: social responsibility of business, state, public organizations, social state, social projects.

Feeling through Empathy, Judging through Sympathy: Environmental Ethics and Eco-terrorism in Fiction

This research paper explores the environmental ethics depicted in Kim Stanley Robinson’s latest eco-fictional novel The Ministry for the Future (2020) through an analysis of empathy, sympathy, and environmental justice. It also seeks to challenge the common division of empathy and sympathy reactions from characters as different from those of people in real life situations to theorize a case for how people might better react and understand their role in the face of climatic crisis as a consequence of reading fiction. In so doing, it accentuates the importance of reading environmental literature to awaken readers’ sensitivities and trace paths outside the “planetary crisis” (Ghosh, 2021). Methodologically, it borrows concepts from reading-response criticism (character, empathy, and sympathy) to navigate the fabric of eco-criticism: the ethics of climate change through the injustices portrayed in Robinson’s novel. In addition to this two-dimensional approach, this paper is clearly divided in three main sections. In the first section, I approach empathy and sympathy in various ways including the former being the precursor of the later for rhetorical purposes; that is, it is unique in the making of resonances for readers. Also, I argue that readers are lured to feel empathy through the novel’s imagery and through readers’ predilection to “read minds” (Zunshine, 2006) or take “imaginative leaps” (Sutrop, 2000). The second section inspects unity through climate outrage and nation-wide agency in the aftermath of the Indian heatwave. Such unity scaffolds the last section. The third part searches an ethical dimension to eco-terrorism in the novel given a shift of national intersubjective Indian unity that entitles climate justice to their own hands. This investigation concludes by suggesting directions to an analysis of empathy and sympathy within the realm of realistic, climate fiction.

Addressing more-than-human care through Yorùbá environmental ethics

This article presents more-than-human care ethics from a Yorùbá (African) perspective with a focus on water in Yorùbá belief. The view I develop in this article to show beyond human care, how nature cares for itself is encapsulated in the notion of ‘mutual courteousness’. The article demonstrates that this mutual courteousness approach engrained in Yorùbá ontology, epistemology, and axiology possesses a sound possibility for enabling the overhauling of our understanding of conservation towards seeing it as a more-than-human process. This shared ethics is fundamental because it helps us think about conservation, action, and virtues in a reciprocal spectrum beyond human caring. The paper argues that water conservation debates surrounding non-native ownership and management in Nigeria should not only be human or economically motivated but should present a holistic and sustainable approach to environmental interactions. Employing the method of philosophical analysis, this article explores the environmental ethics rooted in the Yorùbá culture of Southwestern Nigeria.

Respecting the Non-human: Environmental Ethics in Jeevakarunya Niroopanam by Vidyadhiraja Chattampi Swamikal

Respecting the Non-human: Environmental Ethics in Jeevakarunya Niroopanam by Vidyadhiraja Chattampi Swamikal

SCRUTINIZING KEY ELEMENTS OF GREEN LITERATURE ON THE CHILDREN’S BOOK TATA KATA: KUMPULAN CERITA ANAK COMPOSED BY YOUNG WRITERS OF THE TIN ISLAND

Bangka is well-known as the Tin Island. Tin mining in Bangka, both on land and at sea, actually causes environmental damage. This has been a serious issue for a long time, impacting Bangkanese lives from children to adults, in addition to air pollution. That is why the purpose of highlighting the topic is to explore the elements of green literature organized in the children's book Tata Kata: Kumpulan Cerita Anak, written by several young Bangka writers. Published in 2020, it consists of ten short stories for children at age 10–12, and one of the provided themes is environment. Interestingly, the concept of ecocriticism is present within the object itself. The study employed a descriptive-qualitative method to formulate the answers to the problem. The data were obtained through observation and in-depth interviews with the authors. The data analysis technique from Miles and Huberman (2014) played a vital role to process the data set in order to acquire profound information. The findings classified the key elements of green literature in the children's book Tata Kata: Kumpulan Cerita Anak into three categories: (a) environmental citizenship, (b) care ethics, and (c) ecoliteracy. The authors fully support the existence of these elements, as they aim to raise awareness and persuade Bangkanese children to protect and care for the environment in light of the massive emerging damage. Furthermore, the young writers implicitly criticized the nature of Bangka, which is currently endangered. It means that Bangkanese children are expected to be environmental heroes/heroines in the next few years.

Challenges and Countermeasures of Environmental Ethics to Engineers

With the development of science and technology, the living environment of human beings has undergone great changes, and the destruction of human beings to the nature has become more and more serious. Engineering activities are the main way for human beings to change the natural environment, and environmental ethical issues in engineering are constantly prominent. As the main participants and implementers of engineering activities, engineers shoulder very important ethical responsibilities. Therefore, it is of certain practical significance to discuss the environmental ethical responsibilities of engineers. This paper discusses the challenges of environmental ethics faced by engineers and the basic principles of environmental ethics, and summarizes the measures and countermeasures for engineers to cope with environmental ethics.

Environmental Ethics Challenges Engineers and Countermeasures

Environmental Ethics Challenges Engineers and Countermeasures

Nature's value and biodiversity ethics in a changing world: Insights from a special issue and questions for the future

Motivated by philosophical quandaries arising from environmental ethics and the moral philosophy of biodiversity, we convened a special issue of Biological Conservation entitled “Ethics and practice of biodiversity science: how hidden moral assumptions impact conservation research and policy,” inviting a range of expert voices to examine these questions from a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and traditions. We sought to discover how many of the founding value statements of conservation biology were still current, and if new any ones had supplemented or replaced them. Broad initial momentum from a wide range of contributors soon met with the headwinds of the COVID-19 pandemic, but we eventually emerged with 34 global contributors representing a diverse array of viewpoints. The contributed pieces range from philosophical investigations of value in Nature, applied conservation ethics for endangered species, the rights and roles of Indigenous peoples, macroevolutionary processes of mass extinction, human well-being and social justice, the history of colonialism in conservation, and subtle cultural differences between global powers with respect to Nature. All speak to often unstated values in conservation science. Finally, we offer some questions of our own stemming from these contributions that might provide new or expanded avenues for investigation.

Environmental Ethics Challenges for Engineers and How to Address Them

Engineers are the core of modern engineering activities, the designers, managers, implementers and supervisors of engineering activities. The special social role of engineers determines that they must take more moral responsibility, not only to the public and others, but also to the environment and the future of mankind. Nowadays, environmental and resource problems have become a major issue that restricts economic development and affects people's life and health.Engineers are facing more challenges from environmental ethics. For example, how to harmonize the relationship between economic and ecological interests, and between the interests of the present generation and those of the future generations, and the weak awareness of environmental ethical responsibility and insufficient ability to protect the environment among some engineers. To cope with these challenges, it is necessary for engineers to make efforts on their own and for society as a whole to work together to form internal and external safeguard mechanisms for engineers to fulfill their environmental ethical responsibilities.

Understanding the drivers of green consumption: a study on consumer behavior, environmental ethics, and sustainable choices for achieving SDG 12

Understanding the drivers of green consumption: a study on consumer behavior, environmental ethics, and sustainable choices for achieving SDG 12

Development and Prospect of ChatGpt in the Medical Field

In the current era, there exists an uneven distribution of global medical resources, making it a crucial focal point for medical digital transformation. This paper aims to explore the application status, potential challenges, and future development prospects of ChatGPT, a large language model based on OpenAI, in the field of medicine. Given the current scarcity of global medical resources, this study analyzes existing medical use cases and examines the ethical and regulatory environment surrounding ChatGPT under the Transformer model within specialties like orthopedics and ophthalmology. The findings propose that its present advantages lie in its ability to support multiple languages while enhancing efficiency and quality of medical services. Furthermore, measures should be taken to reinforce privacy and security protocols for ChatGPT data usage while ensuring ethical considerations are met. Additionally, it is recommended that future advancements in ChatGPT focus on deepening its medical knowledge base and developing more specialized modules.

Establishing a typology for stewardship: a nexus of opportunity for organisational and environmental management

Stewardship is often conceptualised as a governance practice that is beneficial to the resources under management. However, the broad range of stewardship interpretations and practical applications in a variety of fields has led to a complex landscape of both competing and complementary initiatives. Whilst there has been significant discussion over the role of stewardship as an environmental ethic, there has been little attempt to find the synergies and connections between such activities and other establishes implementations—such as the pivotal role it plays in organisational management. In this paper, we conceptualise a transdisciplinary typology through which the landscape of stewardship initiatives can be understood. Additionally, we summarise the history of stewardship to colour the present day context, and explore the meaning of key differences that arise from the proposed archetypes. Specifically, this includes the varying role of the principal and the effect of the prevailing frame of reference. Finally, we also offer recommendations on developing future stewardship research.

Environmental Ethics and Ecological Preservation: Integrating Social Justice for Sustainable Development

Environmental Ethics and Ecological Preservation: Integrating Social Justice for Sustainable Development

Artificial wetlands in the conservation of water resources: An ecocentrism perspective

Background: Water pollution is a kind of environmental damage. Water pollution occurs in developing countries and developed countries. The government has made efforts to preserve water resources. However, it has only reached some levels of society because there are still many facilities that are more important than transportation, food security, and the security system. This research sees ecocentrism given the artificial marsh technique as the conservation of water resources as well as highlights equality of the purpose of the artificial marsh technique with the principle proposed ecocentrism about morality against the universe, so the proposed environmental ethics principles that have to be met in the implementation of the artificial marsh technique on sustainable preservation of water resources planning. Method: This research is library research. The research analysis is an analysis of the approach to a concept; the first phase is the interpretation and categorization, the second phase is data classification, the third phase is the analysis of synthesis, and the fourth phase is a critical evaluation by using element methodical as description, verstehen, interpretation, hermeneutic, inductive, and heuristic. Findings: The result shows that human beings have a duty to manage and preserve nature, and man is forbidden to exploit nature. Views ecocentrism is seen in the preservation of water resources as an effort to protect and preserve nature. Conclusion: Human beings are a part of the universe and are obliged to manage and preserve the guard, so the artificial marsh technique can be used in planning to preserve sustainable water resources. Novelty/Originality of this study: This research could lead to a new model for engaging communities in water conservation projects emphasizing the ethical relationship between humans and nature. This model could include educational programs and practical activities that help communities understand and apply the principles of ecocentrism in their daily lives.

Ethical reflections on environmental crisis: Insights from 'the world without us’

Background: This research delves into the book "The World Without Us" by Alan Weisman, exploring the intersection of environmental ethics and the environmental crises arising from human exploitation of nature. Method: The study employs a qualitative literature review methodology, drawing insights from primary and secondary sources to shed light on the ethical dimensions of environmental degradation. Findings: The findings underscore the critical role of environmental ethics in guiding sustainable development practices, emphasizing the need for responsible stewardship of natural resources and the preservation of biodiversity. Conclusion: The article advocates for an ethical framework that integrates environmental considerations into decision-making processes, fostering a sense of responsibility and promoting sustainable development practices that prioritize environmental health, social equity, and long-term well-being. Novelty/Originality in this Study: By imagining a world without human presence, this study not only explores the impact of human exploitation of nature but also formulates an innovative, ethical framework for sustainable development, challenging how we view human-nature relationships.

The Role of Muslim Families in Children's Education on Environmental Ethics

This study examines the role of Muslim families in children's education regarding environmental ethics. It aims to understand how Muslim parents' integration of Islamic values such as amanah, caliphate, and tawhid can effectively instill awareness and pro-environmental behavior in children. This research explores various parenting methods, including stories from the Qur'an and Hadith, practical activities like gardening and recycling, and discussions and reflections on environmental issues using the literature review method. The findings reveal that children educated with this approach exhibit high ecological awareness and proactive behavior in ecological conservation. However, challenges such as lack of knowledge and resources and differences in cultural and geographical contexts affect the effectiveness of this education. The study concludes that there is a need for support from formal education institutions and communities to strengthen environmental education at home. With the right approach and adequate support, environmental education based on Islamic values has excellent potential to form a generation that cares about the environment. This research provides important insights for developing holistic environmental education programs rooted in religious values.

Engaging Youths in Environmental Ethics Advocacy Through Christian Education

Engaging Youths in Environmental Ethics Advocacy Through Christian Education

Comparing ethical environments: Accountants in Indonesia

Comparing ethical environments: Accountants in Indonesia

Regenerative tourism development as a response to crisis: harnessing practise-led approaches

The pandemic has drawn attention to the unsustainable nature of tourism, intensifying social and economic inequalities and heightening issues of urban vulnerability. As destinations reimagine their future, a holistic approach that addresses social and ecological perspectives through collaboration, stewardship and environmental ethics is required. Regenerative tourism enables destination communities to develop new ways of thinking and build the capability and capacity to work towards embedding tourism practices and ecological processes that advocate human and non-human health and wellbeing. As the tourist-historic city of York, United Kingdom emerged from the pandemic, practice-led regenerative development was evident in the city’s framework for post-Covid recovery and renewal. Semi-structured interviews with leading stakeholders identified how communities can build sustainable city ecologies through living systems thinking, evidenced through collaborative models of engagement. In York, the pandemic catalysed community stewardship and a re-orientation towards a more inclusive tourism environment. This research demonstrates how regenerative practice principles manifest in the interconnections and the networks that support the distinctive qualities and needs of York’s local communities. The study also contributes to understanding how regenerative tourism approaches support cultural revival, as evident in York. Such approaches to tourism management in historic cities highlights the transformative potential of practice-led regenerative development as a tool for addressing tourism development concerns in urban spaces.