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The Earth Charter facing the Anthropocene epoch

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dc.contributor.authorRolston, Holmes, 1932-, author
dc.contributor.authorEdward Elgar, publisher
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-04T16:36:35Z
dc.date.available2020-05-04T16:36:35Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.description.abstractWe are living in a time of "great peril and great promise" "as never before in history" (Earth Charter). The way forward according to contemporary Anthropocene enthusiasts is quite opposite from the sustainable biosphere and ecosystems that the Earth Charter intends. We ought to embrace an ever-increasing human domination of the planet, geo-engineering. Develop! Develop! Earth is the only planet "right for life"; it seems "right" that life continue here. Life is, in the deepest sense, the most valuable phenomenon of all. On the global scale, Earth is not something we own. Earth does not belong to us; rather we belong on it. The question is not of property, but of whole-Earth community. Humans, made of earth, are first and always Earthlings. This calls for appropriate respect for this home Earth.
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dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationRolston, Holmes, III, The Earth Charter facing the Anthropocene Epoch. Peter D. Burdon, Klaus Bosselmann and Kirsten Engel, eds., The Crisis in Global Ethics and the Future of Global Governance: Fulfilling the Promise of the Earth Charter. Cheltingham UK: Edward Elgar. 2019. Chapter 5, pages 72-91.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/206475
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Ethics: Anthologies and Journal Articles
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dc.subjectEarth Charter
dc.subjectEngel, J. Ronald
dc.subjectsustainable biosphere
dc.subjecthome planet
dc.subjectAnthropocene epoch
dc.subjectgeo-engineering
dc.titleThe Earth Charter facing the Anthropocene epoch
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