Geoethics as global ethics to face grand challenges for humanity

2020 ◽  
pp. SP508-2020-146
Author(s):  
Silvia Peppoloni ◽  
Giuseppe Di Capua
Keyword(s):  
Professional Ethics ◽  
Social Role ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Global Ethics ◽  
Reference Framework ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Sharing Values ◽  
Ocean Mining ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

AbstractGeoethics is not simply professional ethics. Originally, it was developed in the context of geosciences to increase the awareness of geoscientists to their cultural and social role, but over time expanded to define a way in which humans can rethink their relationship with the Earth system in the light of principles and values that can provide a healthy and safe life in respect for geo-ecosystems. The theoretical framework of geoethics has now consolidated, and it has become the proposal on which to base a global ethics for the new millennium. This chapter outlines the scientific and cultural reference framework in which geoethics developed; the theoretical foundations of geoethics and its main characteristics; global anthropogenic issues under a geoethical perspective; ethical and social aspects related to two potential human activities respectively to combat global warming (geoengineering); and to provide for the growing demand for georesources (deep-sea/ocean mining). The authors highlight the importance of sharing values and actions among planetary human communities to manage global changes and threats. One wonders if the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic can suggest or confirm reflections on geoethical thinking. Finally, a charter for a responsible course of human development, articulated in nine principles and actions, is proposed.

Geoethics in a scheme: a simplified way to represent its definition, vision, and theoretical structure

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Peppoloni ◽  
Giuseppe Di Capua
Keyword(s):  
Feedback Mechanism ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Natural Environments ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Global Ethics ◽  
Social Perspectives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Human Agent ◽  
Sharing Values

<p>Geoethics arises from the awareness that, only partly consciously, human beings have irreversibly modified and are continuing to modify the natural environments and territories in which they live and operate. Humans alter not only physical, chemical and biological characteristics of their niche, but also social and cultural traits that connote social–ecological systems today as in the past, which in turn, in a feedback mechanism, influence people’s economic development, social perspectives and sense-making. It then becomes a responsibility for geoscientists to look beyond their traditional areas of work and each interact proactively with civic communities to promote changes that are needed. The key concepts of geoethics constitute a cultural proposal for the whole society, on which to base new perspectives for the human agent.<br>Ten years ago, the first session dedicated to geoethics was organized at the EGU General Assembly in order to widen the discussion on ethics in geosciences. Nowadays the theoretical framework of geoethics has consolidated and it has become the proposal on which to base a global ethics of the human agent towards the Earth system. This work synthetizes in a scheme the reference framework on which geoethics developed, its definition, foundations, and main characteristics, highlighting the importance of sharing values and actions among planetary human communities to manage global changes and threats.</p>

Moon Base and Problems of Global Changes on the Earth

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (11) ◽  
pp. 27-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander V. Morozhenko ◽  
Anatoliy P. Vidmachenko
Keyword(s):  
Global Changes ◽  
The Earth

About this title - Geoethics: Status and Future Perspectives

10.1144/sp508 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 508 (1) ◽  
pp. NP-NP
Author(s):  
G. Di Capua ◽  
P. T. Bobrowsky ◽  
S. W. Kieffer ◽  
C. Palinkas
Keyword(s):  
Common Ground ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Global Ethics ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Anthropogenic Changes ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Cultural Implications ◽  
Significant Step ◽  
Additional Service

This is the second volume focused on geoethics published by the Geological Society of London. This is a significant step forward in which authors address the maturation of geoethics. 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. Geoethics has a distinction in the geoscientific community for discussing ethical, social and cultural implications of geoscience knowledge, research, practice, education and communication. This provides a common ground for confronting ideas, experiences and proposals on how geosciences can supply additional service 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.

Very-Long-Baseline Interferometry Applied to Geophysics

1993 ◽  
Vol 156 ◽  
pp. 133-144
Author(s):  
W. E. Carter ◽  
D. S. Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Very Long Baseline Interferometry ◽  
Tide Gauge ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Long Baseline ◽  
Tidal Forces ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Tide Gauge Measurements ◽  
Rotation Of The Earth ◽  
Global Reference Frame

Very-long-baseline Interferometry (VLBI) has opened for study a broad new spectrum of geophysical phenomena including: direct observation of the tectonic motions and deformations of the Earth's crustal plates, observations of unprecedented detail of the variations in the rotation of the Earth, and direct measurement of the elastic deformations of the Earth in response to tidal forces. These new measurements have placed significant constraints on models of the interior structure of the Earth; for example, measurements of the variations in the Earth's nutation have been shown to be particularly sensitive to the shape of the core-mantle boundary. The VLBI measurements will allow us to construct a global reference frame accurate at the centimeter level. Such a frame will be essential to studying long-term global changes, especially those changes related to sea-level variations as recorded by tide gauge measurements.

scholarly journals Ecosystems and Global Changes

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (s1) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Viliam Novák
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Outer Space ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Production ◽  
Global Changes ◽  
Fossil Fuel Combustion ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
Increasing Demand

Abstract Increasing population has led to the increasing demand for food, raw materials, and energy. Continuing land use changes, intensification of its exploitation, deforestation, fossil fuel combustion, and related carbon dioxide production have been contributing to change of water and energy balance of the globe, thus changing conditions for life. Other reasons for changing conditions on the Earth are natural changes in interactions between the Earth and outer space. Actual climate change is a part of other global changes resulting in both natural and anthropogenic changes. It is mostly felt as a change of global temperature and increase of precipitation intensities and totals. Flood periods are followed by long periods without precipitations. Increasing population as well as increasing consumption of resources lead to the increasing imbalance between our planet production and consumption. To preserve good conditions for population of the Earth, it is necessary to decrease consumption of energy, raw materials, and food to reach equilibrium between Earth´s ecosystem production and consumption of the ecosystem products.

Theoretical Foundations for Social Trends in Contemporary tafsīr

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 230-202
Author(s):  
Muḥammad ʿAlī Ayyāzī ◽  
Kāẓim Qāḍī Zādeh ◽  
Fāṭima Ḥusaynī Mīr-Ṣafī
Keyword(s):  
Social Aspects ◽  
Social Trends ◽  
Comprehensive Manner ◽  
Theoretical Foundations

Interest in social aspects of exegesis is one of the most important and influential trends in contemporary tafsīr. Its importance might be gleaned from the unexpected impact that it has had on the approach of modern exegetes to the Qur'an, and can be seen in the amount of attention given to social, rather than ‘individual’ and eschatological trends in their works. These exegetes aim to find solutions for both the material and ideal problems of society via their tafsīr, seeking to elucidate the Qur'anic text and provide answers to the questions and enquiries raised by readers. Although there has been some attention paid by modern exegetes to this trend in tafsīr, its basic theoretical principles have not been outlined in a comprehensive manner. This article therefore attempts to study the theoretical and practical basis of this trend, alongside providing a review of contemporary social tafasīr.

GLOBAL ETHICS AND A COMMON MORALITY

2006 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Young Ahn Kang
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Irreversible Process ◽  
Global South ◽  
Common Morality ◽  
Global Ethics ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The World ◽  
Global North ◽  
Contemporary Situation

'Globalization’ is on everybody‘s lips; a fad word fast turning into a shibboleth, a magic incantation, a pass-key meant to unlock the gates to all present and future mysteries. For some, ‘globalization‘ is what we bound to do if we wish to be happy; for others ‘globalization‘ is the cause of our unhappiness. For everybody, though, ‘globalization‘ is the intractable fate of the world, an irreversible process; it is also a process which affects us all in the same measure and in the same way.1 These words of Zygmund Bauman succinctly depict the contemporary situation all of us are facing no matter where we come from. As Christians, it is very difficult for us to oppose globalization, in principle, since Christians have been globalist almost from the start. Even though Christians have historically felt a deep rootedness in a certain national, ethnic or cultural identity, there was always someone or some groups who were ready to transcend their local and cultural bounds. Christian zeal for mission work over the whole globe: “to the ends of the earth” demonstrates this. Christianity is a ‘global religion,‘ even though there is still prejudice to think of it as typically Western. Contrary to the global North, Christianity is rapidly growing in the global South, especially in Africa and Latin America.

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