A Qualitative Study of the Philosophical Foundations of Nature from the Perspective of Islamic and Secular Thought and Presenting an Ethical Model of Environmental Sustainability
Akhlāq-i zīstī i.e., Bioethics Journal,
Vol. 13 No. 38 (1402),
28 May 2023
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Page 1-13
https://doi.org/10.22037/bioeth.v13i38.43577
Abstract
Background and Aim: According to the philosophical foundations in Islam, the sciences related to nature are not studied without considering the nature of its creator and sustainable development is a comprehensive approach that deals with ways to not waste natural resources, so that they are available in the future. To achieve environmental sustainability and provide an ethical model of environmental sustainability, the philosophical foundations of nature from the perspective of Islamic and secular thought and presenting an ethical model of environmental sustainability can be compared more especially from their feasible and reliable strategies.
Methods: This study analyzed the philosophical foundations of nature from the perspective of Islamic and secular thought and presented an ethical model of environmental sustainability with a qualitative approach and in an analytical-inferential way by using the library method.
Ethical Considerations: The principle of honesty, impartiality and trustworthiness and the originality of the work are among the fundamental principles of this study.
Results: Islamic viewpoint affects the many pro-environmental behaviors required to achieve global sustainability, whereas secularic viewpoint affect some pro-environmental behaviors required to achieve local sustainability. Also, secularic viewpoint affects proenvironmental behaviors; Islam solves collective-action problems to achieve short-run sustainability, whereas secluar solves collective-action problems to achieve long-run sustainability. Moreover, the philosophical foundations of nature from the perspective of the Holy Qur'an are: the creation of the best system and the need to preserve it; existence of wisdom; Precedence of cultivation over education; land development; trustworthiness and human dignity and responsibility; environmental protection; However, in a secular point of view they are: elimination of metaphysics and anthropocentric character.
Conclusion: Environmental sustainability is not only related to economic issues, but rather it is more about providing a moral and technological model based on ethics and spirituality, which is different in the philosophical foundations of Islam and secular in this field. Considering the superiority of the Islamic perspective in all areas of life, based on the philosophical foundations found in the Holy Quran and the Islamic perspective and the fact that a single model for all countries in the direction of environmental sustainability cannot be drawn especially for the most important environmental performance indicators and the local conditions of different countries must be taken into account, therefore, the ethical model of environmental sustainability includes: the priority of paying attention to the unique creator, wisdom and purpose of the creation of the world; considering the duty of humans towards the earth and maintaining its value and responsibility towards it and ultimately the prosperity of the earth, performance is based on sustainability indicators that should be cultured through educational and training centers and media.
- Moral Model of the Environment
- Philosophical Foundations
- Islamic Thought
- Secular Thought
- Sustainable Development
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