2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
2. Critiquing Anthropocentricism
Implications for Rights and Responsibility for Others
verfasst von : Janet McIntyre-Mills
Erschienen in: Systemic Ethics and Non-Anthropocentric Stewardship
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Abstract
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How can policymakers develop agreement on (a) what constitutes and (b) supports wellbeing of the planet, rather than the gross domestic product of a nation state (Stiglitz, Sen and Fitoussi 2010?) The cosmopolitan approach developed in this book draws on the liberative potential within the philosophy of Indigenous First Nations. It is based on the idea that as human beings we have the right and the responsibility to care for the land on which we all depend equally by virtue of our humanity. But we also have the responsibility to care for those who are not part of our immediate human family. Stoicism along with Indigenous philosophy needs to receive more attention while conceptualizing a strong form of cosmopolitanism that respects a form of cultural or national identity that is not at the expense of others (including sentient beings), the environment or future generations.
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It discusses thinking and practice to test out ‘technologies of humility’ (Jasonoff, S. 2003). It suggests the potential for a hybrid bricolage of laws and praxis to enable the transformation of our designs for living to support biospheres. Biospheres need to be understood as oceans, rivers, the air we breathe, the earth that supports the food chain and the universe of which we are a part. In other words, this reframed definition extends beyond the original definitions of that which was outside the boundaries of a nation state. Instead, it locates nation states within the regional biosphere which sustains them. Caretaking needs to be rooted in many kinds of knowledge, in order to:
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Decentre anthropocentricism and
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Address the convergent social, cultural and economic crisis.
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The challenge is to promote an ever-extending or widening circle of solidarity in order to care for the next generation of life. It also requires the creation of new global narratives arising out of a cross-pollination of spiritual ideas from a range of religious and spiritual practices. This appreciation of narratives could inform discursive engagement to help establish ethical processes to support wellbeing at a post-national level. This requires discursive engagement as well as participatory governance to enable accountability and whistleblowing on the misuse of power or resources.