Reflection on ethical Challenges of Modernity and its Relation to Environmental Law
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 11 No. 36 (1400),
17 Mordad 2021
,
Page 1-12
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v11i36.29644
Abstract
Background and Aim: The formation of environmental rights has been in response to some of the ethical-philosophical crises of the modern era. The main question is what are the ethical challenges of environmental law in the modern era? This article attempts to analyze and evaluate some ethical challenges of the modern era in relation to environmental law.
Materials and Methods: This study analyzes and evaluates the above problem using analytical-descriptive method and library resources and other available resources. The methodological approach of this paper, in addition to describing the existing situation (dogmatism), is based on a systematic approach (critique of the adequacy and usefulness of the environmental legal and ethical system).
Ethical Considerations: In order to organize this research, while observing the authenticity of the texts, honesty and fidelity have been observed.
Findings: Four categories of ethical challenges are briefly analyzed: 1. These four challenges contain the human-centered (Anthropocentrism) or self-centered challenge; 2. Environmental dualism; 3. Utilitarianism and originality of profit; 4. The instrumental value of nature. Finally the need for ethical attention to environmental law and a new ethics called the "Earth Ethics" has been defended. The basic presumption of this article is based on the belief that the moral foundations of modernity in relation to the exploitation of the environment and natural resources need serious revision.
Conclusion: There are four ethical challenges in the environmental law system. To achieve its ultimate goals, this science needs to pay attention to these principles, especially in enacting environmental laws and regulations.
Cite this article as: Mashhadi A. Reflection on ethical Challenges of Modernity and its Relation to Environmental Law. Majale "Akhlāq-i zīstī" (i.e., Bioethics Journal). 2021; 11(36): e1.
- Ethical Challenges; Modernity; Anthropocentrism; Environmental Law; Earth Ethics
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