Environmental Destruction: A Philosophical-Anthropological Perspective

Environmental Destruction A Philosophical-Anthropological PerspectiveIt is no secret anylonger that the bionomic crisis puts mankind as a whole to an existential test which contain to be solved in practice and in theory. So, by this the bulky amount of literature provide be explained which consequently led to the offshoot of an own genre the so called ecoliterature which herself is really dissonant and ambigious. In the slowdown besides other sources almost all sciences take part in such kind of discussions what obviously can be traced back to the circumstance that the ecological crisis is such a substantial phenomena which leads therefore to numerous perceptions and various point of views.Considering philosophy for some the royal discipline per se we can claim that she has forcefully regarded the ecological problems as a challenge in the last decade. But, she has owed her resources first and foremost to ethical considerations. Because of this an ecological ethics has tr ue non undisputed developed as a new superfluous ethics. Besides this and apart from an aesthetics of nature as well as from a philosophy of nature different surgical incisions of philosophy acting in a much more restraint and careful way. Neither the cordial philosophy nor the one of history or metaphysics only to name a few have seriously engaged in the ecology although it is homely that they are really needed as competent participants. Generally, each section can participate on environmental dialogues. The current role of philosophical anthropology The outlined moderate discussions about ecological and environmental problems can similarly be observed within the philosophical anthropology which is according to my opinion not tenable.One... ...ces JONAS, H. Das Prinzip Verantwortung. Versuch einer Ethik fr die technologische Zivilisation. Frankfurt a.M. 1979.LENK, H. Wie philosophisch ist die Philosophische Anthropologie? Methodologische Bewertung zu lair anthropologisch en Grundlagen der Sozialwissenschaften. In FREY, C. / ZELGER, J. (Hrsg.) Der mensh und die Wissenschaft vom Menschen. Bd. 1. Innsbruck 1983, 145 ff. MAQUARD, O. Homo Compensator. Zur anthropologischen Karriere eines metaphysischen Begriffs. In FREY, C. / ZELGER, J. (Hrsg.) Der Mensch und die Wissenschaft vom Menschen. Bd. 1. Innsbruck 1983, 63 ff. MEINBERG, E. Das Menschenbild der MEINBERG, E. Homo Oecologicus. Das neue Menschenbild im Zeichen der kologischen Krise. Darmstadt 1995. PLESSNER, H. Gesammelte Schriften. Frankfurt a.M. 1985. SCHELER, M. hold out Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos. Bern, Mnchen 1966.