Humanism and Sustainable Development
Abstract Just as other philosophies of life, humanism has to position itself in the societal debate on sustainability. In this article, various tendencies in humanism are discussed that may have contributed to our disturbed relationship with our environment. At the same time, it is also shown that h...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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| In: |
Worldviews
Year: 2021, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 183-205 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Humanism
/ Sustainable development
/ Progress
/ Individualism
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBE Anthropology NCB Personal ethics NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics VA Philosophy ZB Sociology |
| Further subjects: | B
Sustainable Development
B human project B Self-transcendence B ecohumanism B Humanism |
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| Summary: | Abstract Just as other philosophies of life, humanism has to position itself in the societal debate on sustainability. In this article, various tendencies in humanism are discussed that may have contributed to our disturbed relationship with our environment. At the same time, it is also shown that humanism can do without these tendencies and that humanism has a unique voice to offer in the sustainability debate. Because humanists do not believe in a metaphysical afterlife, but instead believe that life only continues here on Earth, humanists in particular have a reason to ensure that the projects to which we contribute and which we cherish have the opportunity to continue to flourish in the future. Without the prospect of a sustainable development, our ability to attach meaning to our present lives diminishes, at least if we are looking for secular sources of meaning. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5357 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Worldviews
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685357-20210903 |