scholarly journals Active Role Played by Education to Develop Environmental Ethics among Indian Teenagers

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 216
Author(s):  
Ashish Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Indian Adolescents ◽  
Human World ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of

<em><span lang="EN-IN">Education plays a vital role in overall development of a child i.e., cognitive, affective and psychomotor. It acts as a lighting lamp to show the right path to guide the human being in a rational manner. Education makes a person competent enough to judge what is right or what is wrong, as well. At present the problem of environmental degradation is very much in limelight. It is observed that lack of proper knowledge and awareness among the citizen regarding conservation of environment is the prime reason for the environmental degradation. Since, India has an advantage of demographic dividend thus; it will be very useful to educate its youth especially the teenagers/adolescents regarding conservation of environment. The adolescents must be aware of environmental morality that should be taught to them in learning centres. The environmental ethics</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><em><span lang="EN-IN"> </span></em></span><em><span lang="EN-IN">is the philosophical discipline that considers the moral and ethical relationship of human beings to the environment. In other words: what, if any, moral obligation does man has to the preservation and care of the non-human world? Thus, the present paper focuses on the role of education for developing environmental ethics among adolescents in India. It can be inferred that, education can serve as a potent tool in developing environmental ethics among Indian adolescents because; they are the future of the country and have huge potential to incorporate the ethics in environmental conservation to manage the degrading environment. </span></em>

scholarly journals Environmental Ethics in Akyem Abuakwa: Developing the Ecological Zone through the African Worldview

2020 ◽  
pp. 185-194
Author(s):  
Samuel Asiedu-Amoako ◽  
Michael Kwadwo Ntiamoah
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Environmental Concern ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The People ◽  
African Worldview ◽  
Crisis Call

Akyem Abuakwa’s geographical location puts her in a different environmental condition. Both natural and human factors have combined in causing massive environmental degradation and ecological crisis. The environmental degradation and ecological crisis call for exploration of indigenous knowledge to construct indigenous ecological orientations and environmental concerns that could be relevant to recent times. Using qualitative design, the study found out that the traditional belief among the people of Abuakwa has created the awareness that human beings are answerable to the line of ancestors for their stewardship over the non-human parts of creation-land, flora and fauna; all these belong to the ancestors. The study proposes that environmental ethics through the African worldview and bioethical African worldview would dictate a fresh environmental concern and ecological orientation for the world today. The study is relevant as it contributes to traditional environmental conservation ethics.

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS OF THE PRODUCER-CONSUMER RELATIONSHIP IN THE JOINT ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MISSION

2021 ◽  
pp. 152-161
Author(s):  
Grigore Ardelean ◽  
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Ivan Terus ◽  
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◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Production And Consumption ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

In the last decade, strange as it may seem, the perception of ordinary people about well-being and comfort is less related to the economic-progressive, technological and industrial aspect which continuously causes side effects that result in the suppression of other values. necessary for human beings, including the right to a healthy and environmentally friendly environment, harmless products and food safety. However, in today’s reality, economic theories are still supported, according to which any process evolves between two poles - production and consumption - in a relationship of interdependence, so of recognizing the active role of each of them. In this context, in the fight against the degradation of environmental factors, the first and foremost action should be directed towards the precise identification of the pollutant, followed by a detailed study of the methods and the intensity of the impact with which it acts on it. Although, initially the doctrine, but also the legislator considered economic activity as the main source of pollution, in the last decade, the eyes are also on the consumer, by whom depends on the amount of waste, technical condition and functionality of impacted products, control and possibility of reducing negative influences on the environment. This reality determines the need to change the consumer’s attitude towards the environment by linking his responsibility to that of the producer, both being treated from the position of potential aggressors, but at the same time, promoters of environmental values suggested by the legislator to take into account. production and consumption.

scholarly journals The Impact Of Environmental Degradation On Human Health And Its Relevance To The Right To Health Under International Law

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Maryam Ishaku Gwangndi ◽  
Yahaya Abubakar Muhammad ◽  
Sule Musa Tagi
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Energy Use ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Many Sources ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

When natural habitats are destroyed or natural resources are depleted the environment is degraded. Environmental degradation results from factors such as urbanisation, population growth, intensification of agriculture, rising energy use and transportation, climate change, pollutions arising from many sources such as technological activities. It is explored that as a result of the dynamic interplay of socio-economic factors and technological activities amongst many other factors, these have devastating consequences on human health. Thus environmental degradation consequences affect the health and the right to health of the people. Using the doctrinal method of research, we examine the confluence of environmental degradation and health from a rights perspective. An unhealthy environment possess health hazards consequently a violation of the right to health. The article recommends that states’ obligation under international law to protect the right to health should be enforceable. Human beings are entitled to right to health even as the environment needs to be protected from activities which cause environmental degradation.

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.

scholarly journals Environmental Degradation: What is the Role of the Church in Environmental Conservation in Kenya from 1963–2019?

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
George Kuria Kiarie
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Water Shortage ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Ripple Effect ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Catchment Areas ◽  
The Church

The 21st century is characterised by the massive destruction of Mother Earth, particularly the clearing of indigenous forests that are major water catchment areas and the sources of most Kenyan rivers. As a result, many Kenyan rivers are drying up. The ripple effect of this is an acute water shortage in most Kenyan cities, leading to water rationing in some parts and in other parts the appearance of dry taps. Also, due to the high rate of deforestation and the resultant destruction of wild animal habitat, some species are now on the verge of extinction. Furthermore, careless and irresponsible disposal of industrial waste has culminated in environmental pollution, which has in turn lead to the death of aquatic life. The church is an integral part of society and has played a significant role in the life of human beings on earth. In Kenya, the church has been a force to reckon with since independence in 1963 and, in the 1990s, the creation of our multiparty system. Her outstanding contributions in social, economic and political spheres of life are undisputed. However, her marginal role and voice in environmental conservation, which is also a divine mandate and core mission, have been conspicuously absent. It is this low profile, and this church aloofness in matters of environmental degradation, that have prompted the present article seeking to examine the role of the church in mitigating the worsening environmental degradation trend in Kenya and in Africa at large.

scholarly journals A STUDY ON ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS AMONG THE TEACHER EDUCATORS OF KUVEMPU UNIVERSITY

2021 ◽  
pp. 289-295
Author(s):  
Dr. Shivakumar GS
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Ethics ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Concerted Action ◽  
The People ◽  
Decent Life ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Right

Every human being has the right to decent life but today there are elements in our environment that tend to militate against the attainment and enjoyment of such a life. The exacerbation of the pollution of environment can cause untold misery. Unhappiness and suffering to human beings, simply because of our lack of concerns for the common good and the absence of sense of responsibility and ethics for sustaining a balanced eco-system. If we are to aspire to a better quality of life – one which will ensure freedom from want, from disease and from fear itself, then we must all join hands to stem the increasing toxification of this earth. What we need in order to defuse this environmental time bomb is immediate concerted action of all the people, but such needed action will come only if we reorient such citizenry values, i.e., imbibe them with proper awareness and values (ethics), specifically those that will lead to a greater concern for preserving balance in the ecosystem, besides teaching them how to save the environment from further degradation, and to help, make it more healthful and progressive place to live in, springs from a strong sense of social responsibility. KEYWORD: Environmental Ethics

Tradisi Pesta Pembagian Zakat di Kenagarian Barung-Barung Balantai Kecamatan Koto XI Tarusan Kabupaten Pesisir Selatan 1970-2005

2018 ◽  
pp. 65-74
Author(s):  
Hoktaviandri Hoktaviandri
Keyword(s):  
Human Beings ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
To Receive ◽  
The Relationship

The implementation of the zakat distribution party is done at the house of the tithe. The person who receives zakat is the person who is invited by the tithe person. Zakat is divided equally, not distributed to the person who has the right to receive it, the person invited and come he gets a portion of the treasured property, both poor and rich, both entitled and not entitled, still receive the zakat. Zakat is distributed at a party agreed upon by mamak. The purpose of writing in this paper is to find the history of the birth of a zakat distribution party in Kenagarian Barung-Barung Balantai, to describe how the tradition of zakat distribution parties in Kenagarian Barung-Barung Balantai, to know the development of the tradition of the zakat distribution party 1970-2005 in Kenagarian Barung-Barung Balantai and need to be preserved, to explain the factors that motivate the community to maintain the tradition of zakat distribution parties in Kenagarian Barung-Barung Balantai. The approach used is the hitoris approach. The findings obtained from this study indicate that the tradition of the zakat distribution party carried out by the Kenagarian Barung-Barung Balantai community was due to the desire of the community to implement the Islamic Shari'ah and broadcast it called the Islamic da'wah, the relationship of their fellow human beings, motivating the nomads to return to hometown and in this tradition many contain positive values ​​and do not conflict with the teachings of Islam.

10 ‘All human beings …’ and the Great Enterprise

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pace John P
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Relations ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Third Dimension ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Distinguishing Features

This chapter explores the relevance of the developments in the Commission on Human Rights to the individual—the ultimate measure by which to assess the priorities in the coming years. The introduction of respect for human rights among the fundamental principles of the organization and the establishment of an International Bill of Human Rights were major distinguishing features between the UN Charter and the Covenant of the League of Nations. These provisions placed the individual at the table where only governments sat in matters of international relations. This ‘third dimension’ of international relations gave the Commission on Human Rights a role and responsibility like no other UN body, of dealing directly with individuals. The chapter then addresses the relationship of the Commission with the individual and civil society. Communication from individuals and groups emerged on two principal channels, almost concurrently. One was the handling of communications whose substance was deemed to be relevant to the work of the Commission as it undertook its drafting responsibilities. The other was the right of individuals and groups to petition as an integral component of the measures of implementation. This was the start of the treaty-based complaints mechanisms.

scholarly journals Silence please!

2015 ◽  
pp. 175-178
Author(s):  
Jane Maeve O'Sullivan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Family Dinner ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Dinner Table ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Right

“Shut up and eat your dinner!” Given that I grew up in an era in which it was considered that children should be seen and not heard the preceding demands were not at all unusual and regularly demanded at our family dinner table. In the not-so-distant past children were viewed as empty vessels in need of being filled with knowledge and “manners”. Their role was not to question but to accept the guidance, wisdom and discipline of knowing adults. Our view of childhood, however, has evolved. Today we recognise that children play an active role in their own lives and development. Instead of viewing children as human becomings we recognise them as human beings, as citizens, and like all citizens, children hold rights. In 1992 Ireland ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Amongst other rights, this treaty affords children the right to be heard. ...

Emotions, philosophy of

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert C. Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
David Hume ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
History Of Philosophy ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Working Together ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Right

Emotions have always played a role in philosophy, even if philosophers have usually denied them centre stage. Because philosophy has so often been described as first and foremost a discipline of reason, the emotions have often been neglected or attacked as primitive, dangerous or irrational. Socrates reprimanded his pupil Crito, advising that we should not give in to our emotions, and some of the ancient Stoic philosophers urged a life of reason free from the enslavement of the emotions, a life of apatheia (apathy). In Buddhism, too, much attention has been given to the emotions, which are treated as ‘agitations’ or klesas. Buddhist ‘liberation’, like the Stoic apatheia, becomes a philosophical ideal, freedom from the emotions. Philosophers have not always downgraded the emotions, however. Aristotle defended the view that human beings are essentially rational animals, but he also stressed the importance of having the right emotions. David Hume, the eighteenth-century empiricist, insisted that ‘reason is, and ought to be, the slave of the passions’. In the nineteenth century, although Hegel described the history of philosophy as the development of reason he also argued that ‘nothing great is ever done without passion’. Much of the history of philosophy can be told in terms of the shifting relationship between the emotions (or ‘passions’) and reason, which are often at odds, at times seem to be at war, but ideally should be in harmony. Thus Plato painted a picture of the soul as a chariot with three horses, reason leading the appetites and ‘the spirited part’, working together. Nietzsche, at the end of the nineteenth century, suggested that ‘every passion contains its own quantum of reason’. Nietzsche’s suggestion, that emotion and reason are not really opposites but complementary or commingled, has been at the heart of much of the debate about emotions since ancient times. Are emotions intelligent, or are they simply physical reactions? Are they mere ‘feelings’, or do they play a vital role in philosophy and in our lives?

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