Environmental Ethics: An African Understanding
Ojomo, P. A., The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online)
Abstract
Global concerns about the current environmental crisis have culminated into some controversial environmental ethical theories, i.e., normative environmental ethics, sentientist ethics, biocentric ethics, ecocentric ethics and eco-feminist ethics. One of the fundamental underlying features connecting these environmental ethical theories is their grounding in Western perspectives and cultural experiences. Given that environmental concerns are global concerns, and that the imperative of environmental ethics is challenging those life-threatening concerns, critical explorations of environmental ethics need to go beyond the Western horizon. But with respect to the African …
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Publication information:
Article title: Environmental Ethics: An African Understanding.
Contributors: Ojomo, P. A. - Author.
Journal title: The Journal of Pan African Studies (Online).
Volume: 4.
Issue: 3
Publication date: March 2011.
Page number: 101+.
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