Goodbye Gauley Mountain, hello eco-camp: Queer environmentalism in the Anthropocene

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauran Whitworth
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Ecological Ethics ◽  
Love Story ◽  
Performance Artists ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Annie Sprinkle

This article considers the effectiveness of queer environmental ethics in the Anthropocene, a word increasingly used to describe the anthropogenic destruction of ecosystems that marks our current geological era. Taking as my subject the contemporary ecosexuality movement popularised by performance artists Annie Sprinkle and her co-collaborator and partner Elizabeth Stephens, I explore the ethics behind ecosexuals’ encounters with the natural environment. Stephens and Sprinkle's performances, captured in their documentary Goodbye Gauley Mountain: An Ecosexual Love Story (2013), make clear ecosexuality's concurrent urgency and playfulness, which is embodied in a theatrical environmental sensibility that I call eco-camp. Eco-camp is a mode of florid performance, spectacle and ostentatious sex-positivity that champions new forms of relationality between humans and other earthly inhabitants. Drawing from diverse theoretical perspectives, including Mikhail Bakhtin's (1968) carnivalesque, Chris Cuomo's (1998) ethics of flourishing and Cynthia Willett's (Willett et al., 2012; Willett, 2014) theorisation of feminist humour, I argue that ecosexuality's campy ecological ethics provide an alternative to the didacticism and moralism that characterise much contemporary environmentalism. In the spirit of carnival, the tragi-comic and, at times, parodic tone of ecosexuality generates an affective dissonance that spurs us to feel the full effects of our discordance with nature.

scholarly journals Philosophical Foundations of Ecological Ethics

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-21
Author(s):  
Hryhorii Vasianovych ◽  
Olena Budnyk ◽  
Hasrat Arjjumend
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Ecological Ethics ◽  
Human Race ◽  
Ecological Consciousness ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
The Earth ◽  
World Outlook ◽  
Ecological Thinking

This article substantiates the essence of ecological ethics in the context of modern scientific research. The emphasis lies on the need to develop a strategy and approach of human behavior amid the natural environment, rational nature management, protection and restoration of the surrounding world. The new methodological thinking is characterized by philosophical foundation of ecological ethics (ecological consciousness, ecological thinking, ecological values, ecological activity, etc.). The idea of development of environmental ethics based on principles of Christian and Philosophic noology is introduced. The world outlook is changing rapidly with its positive and negative aspects. It requires humanization of natural environment as well as a human being by forming ecological consciousness. There is a necessity of humanization of technosphere and abandoning technocratic thinking, which is anti-culture itself and, at times, it endangers human race on the Earth.

Edward Schillebeeckx's Creation Theology as a Resource for Ecological Ethics

Horizons ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273
Author(s):  
Erica Olson-Bang
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Kingdom Of God ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Ecological Ethics ◽  
Global Community ◽  
Creation Theology ◽  
Present Practice ◽  
Fertile Soil ◽  
Ecological Ethic ◽  
Ethical Response

ABSTRACTAs the global community becomes increasingly attuned to the disastrous consequences of our long-standing environmental prodigality, Christians and Christian theologians are cultivating theological and ethical responses to the ecological crisis with the goal of fostering life-giving understandings of creation and ecophilic lifestyles. While many theologians and ethicists have heeded this call to read the signs of the environmental times, Schillebeeckx's creation theology remains an underutilized resource for developing an ethical response to this contemporary crisis. This article seeks to offer Schillebeeckx's theology of creation as fertile soil for nurturing an ecological ethic. This article highlights Schillebeeckx's growing ecological concerns, illustrates the connection between Schillebeeckx's theology of creation and his ecological consciousness, and transposes Schillebeeckx's emerging ecological themes into the register of environmental ethics. This ecological ethics emphasizes co-creativity with God in creation, ecological asceticism, following Christ's creational praxis, and actualizing the present practice of the coming kingdom of God.

Study on Ecological Value of Sustainable Development Based on China's Ancient Great Thinker's Thought on Ecological Ethics

2013 ◽  
Vol 869-870 ◽  
pp. 652-655
Author(s):  
Shi Hua Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Ecological Ethics ◽  
Ecological Value ◽  
Philosophical Thinking ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
The Relationship

Ecology is the science of studying the relationship between the living organisms and their environment. And the Environmental Science, which reveals the basic law of the harmonious development of society, economy and environment, is the discipline studying the interaction of people and environment. Ecology is not only the basic disciplines of environmental science, but also the scientifically recognized theoretical basis of environmental ethics. Tsunzi, a master on the Confucianism, one of the most distinguished Confucianists of the pre-Qin period, made the conception of sustainable development penetrate into his ecological ethics thoughts on the basis of philosophical thinking-Nature has its true law. If we hackle, inherit, comprehend, and utilize critically Tsunzis thought on ecological ethics, there will be some significant enlightening value for us to not only establish the theory of environmental ethics but also solve the increasing ecological crises facing humanity.

scholarly journals Under Darwin’s Cosh? Neo-Aristotelian Thinking in Environmental Ethics

2005 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Michael Wheeler
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Moral Status ◽  
General Position ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Individual Human

As a first shot, one might say that environmental ethics is concerned distinctively with the moral relations that exist between, on the one hand, human beings and, on the other, the non-human natural environment. But this really is only a first shot. For example, one might be inclined to think that at least some components of the non-human natural environment (non-human animals, plants, species, forests, rivers, ecosystems, or whatever) have independent moral status, that is, are morally considerable in their own right, rather than being of moral interest only to the extent that they contribute to human well-being. If so, then one might be moved to claim that ethical matters involving the environment are best cashed out in terms of the dutes and responsibilities that human beings have to such components. If, however, one is inclined to deny independent moral status to the non-human natural environment or to any of its components, then one might be moved to claim that the ethical matters in question are exhaustively delineated by those moral relations existing between individual human beings, or between groups of human beings, in which the non-human natural environment figures. One key task for the environmental ethicist is to sort out which, if either, of these perspectives is the right one to adopt—as a general position or within particular contexts. I guess I don’t need to tell you that things get pretty complicated pretty quickly.

THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MODEL

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Volobymyr Hobela ◽  
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Nataliya Blaga ◽  
Halyna Leskiv ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Economics ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The State ◽  
Environmental Philosophy ◽  
Ecological Ethics ◽  
Actual Problem ◽  
Ecological Worldview

The research was devoted to the actual problem of forming the concept of ecologically safe social development, which substantiates the relevance of this problem because of the state of the economy and the current environmental issues. The theoretical analysis of the main provisions and directions of ecological ethics is carried out, their influence on consciousness and behavior of the person in ecological and economic systems is analyzed. The relationship and interaction of environmental ethics, social ecology, environmental philosophy, and environmental economics were considered. The most acceptable provisions of environmental ethics are highlighted, taking into account modern realities and their impact on the ecological and economic system and social development. Theoretical bases and basic approaches to ensuring ecologically friendly development were investigated; their structuring and analysis were conducted. The basic concepts of social development transformation into ecologically friendly were considered and their theoretical analysis was carried out, the basic advantages and lacks the specified concepts taking into account a current state of economy and environmental issues were allocated. Taking into account empirical researches and results of a comparison of the main provisions was concluded the necessity of introducing the basic provisions of the concept of degrowth for the state economic and ecological safety maintenance. Detailed analysis and characterization of the key provisions of the degrowth concept. The theoretical basis of this concept was analyzed; its main goals and objectives were formed. Based on the results of the analysis, a theoretical model of ecologically friendly development of the state’s economy was developed, which provides for the development of a certain direction of environmental ethics, formation of the most acceptable ecological worldview, based on the concept of degrowth and provides intensive greening of all spheres of human activity.

The Oppression of Nonhuman Life

2018 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 195-214
Author(s):  
Lisa Kretz ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Environmental Philosophy ◽  
Secondary Literature ◽  
Theoretical Perspectives ◽  
Group Members

Karen Warren’s work has helped to transform the landscape of environmental philosophy, contributing theoretical grounding for Western ecofeminism and opening the range of theoretical perspectives one can adopt when doing Western environmental ethics. Although her work is laudable, there are substantive worries about how potential subjects of oppression are characterized in her later work. Warren’s work and relevant secondary literature can be used as a foil to illuminate inadequate justification for the failure to include all living entities as potential subjects of the harm of oppression. The failure to provide conceptual room to include all entities that can rightfully be the potential subjects of oppression limits our understanding of oppression and the multiple ways in which it functions. Additionally, failure to attend to all potential subjects of oppression limits practical opportunities for anti-oppressive solidarity in political action. If oppression is correctly described as the harm of particular group members by others, and the class of living entities can be subjected to harm, then nonhuman living entities can potentially be subjects of oppression. The aim here is to provide conceptual support for the possibility that nonhuman life can be oppressed.

scholarly journals The model of “School of Ecological Culture”: development of children’s values of environmental ethics

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 03020
Author(s):  
Irina Wagner
Keyword(s):  
General Education ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Nature Management ◽  
Ecological Ethics ◽  
Ecological Values ◽  
Education School ◽  
Ecological Culture ◽  
Culture Development

Ecological culture of an individual is considered as the goal of education, a set of ecologically developed emotionally-sensual, intellectual, and activity spheres of personality. Approaches to modeling the process of education of ecological culture in the general education school are defined. The methodological basis is formed by axiological and culturological approaches, ideas about the co-evolution of Person and Nature, ecological ethics, ecological values, ideals of harmony of Person and Nature, replacing anthropocentrism, as well as relevant attitudes of consumer culture for competent nature management. The School of Ecological Culture is considered in the article as a development space for schoolchildren of positive ecological experience as being necessary for the development of a creative moral and ecological position in children. The education of ecological culture is a system-forming direction that integrates all the directions of educational activity. The structural-functional level of the model, approaches to the organization of the educational process are also reviewed by the paper. The main indicators of the effectiveness of the implementation of the model of education of the ecological culture of schoolchildren.

Chinese Traditions and Ecology: Survey Article

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Snyder
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Feng Shui ◽  
Field Of Study ◽  
Survey Article

AbstractThe increasing degradation of the natural environment, and the associated dangers to all life on the planet, very well might represent the greatest challenge to humankind. In response to such projections of impending danger, scholars and activists from a variety of fields are in the midst of investigating cultural resources as a means to understand both how humans went wrong and how humans can amend the damage. Out of this inquiry has emerged a vast body of literature exploring the various intersections between Chinese traditions, such as Confucianism, Daoism, Feng-Shui and folk practice; and the natural environment, ecology, and environmental ethics. This paper is a survey of this literature, seen through the lens of religious studies and ecology. Rather than offer critical evaluation of the field, this essay is meant to offer a broad survey of the material presented in an accessible manner as a tool for those new to, but interested in pursuing, this field of study. This paper is, therefore a guide.

scholarly journals Kwestia ochrony życia ludzkiego - czyli konieczność uznania miłości do człowieka za podstawę szacunku do naturalnego środowiska

2007 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-190
Author(s):  
Stanisław Biały
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Scientific Discipline ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Ecological Knowledge ◽  
Consecutive System ◽  
The World ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Attitudes And Behavior

The point of departure for the reflections in this article was the premise that the ecological crisis is the result not only of the degradation of nature, but also comes from the destruction of that environment, which is the spirituality of modern man. the point is that the more and more intensive use of the biosphere causes many unfavorable chemical and biological changes in the natural environment, which not only have their source in the way of thought and acting of man, but also have their effects on these. Because of this, the author comes to the conclusions that among the fundamental tasks that are before the world of today, one must also include the equiping of man with an ecological knowledge (that is: with a determined set of information connected in a causal-consecutive system on the subject of the functioning of the natural environment and the dependences between it and civilization), but above all: with a system of values and their normative equivalents. Only in such a manner can people be instilled with an adequate attitude, understood as a developed feeling of a link with the world of nature and its parts. We speak here of the readiness for its defense, manifested in concrete actions. Thus , an essential role of such a scientific discipline as environmental ethics shall be giving people the proper catalog of values and norms, which could properly form their motivations, attitudes and behavior as regards the natural environment, which at the end we call the relation of man to himself.

scholarly journals Etika Lingkungan Dan Implementasinya Dalam Pemeliharaan Lingkungan Alam Pada Masyarakat Kampung Naga

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-148
Author(s):  
Citra Nurkamilah
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Environmental Ethic ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Alternative View ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
The Earth

The environmental damage is the reflection of the disruption of the lungs of the earth (forest) result of the attitude of the human antroposentrik the exploit is excessive. To balance the natural environment so it will not be damaged is the regained human behavior or ethics that will save the environment. This ethic has been long applied in Kampung Naga which they have  the alternative view of life  regarding the human relation with the environment that considered sacred. The purpose of this research is to know about the environmental ethics in Kampung Naga in protecting their environment. This research uses descriptive qualitative method with anthropological and phenomenological approaches. The result of this research is every people in Kampung Naga has the environmental ethic that is quite intent by referring to values which formulated systematically based on inheritance ancestors, tangible inheritance and intangible inheritance. This has an impact of disaster mitigation (the efforts to reduce the risk) in Kampung Naga such as preventing landslides and floods, the maintenance of the integrity of the environment, the maintenance of the forest as the lungs of life,  and every ecological creatures in that region also obeyed the ethic which presented by ekosentrisme and deep ecology. So, the environmental ethic in Kampung Naga shows about the balance of the ecological relation

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