Earth Stewardship : Oikophilia and Philanthropy = Earth Stewardship: Oikofilia y filantropía
The starting point of this paper is the ecological crisis. Faced with this crisis, human beings have come up with different solutions, which imply a rethinking of the role of technology in our relationship with the environment. Among them, in this paper, threemain solutions are highlighted: the tech...
| Subtitles: | Earth Stewardship: Oikofilia y filantropía |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Salmanticensis
Year: 2025, Volume: 72, Issue: 1, Pages: 127-147 |
| IxTheo Classification: | NBD Doctrine of Creation NBE Anthropology NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Earth Stewardship
B Ética ambiental B Technology B Environmental Ethics B Ética cristiana B Human Ecology B Ecología humana B Tecnología B Christian Ethics |
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| Summary: | The starting point of this paper is the ecological crisis. Faced with this crisis, human beings have come up with different solutions, which imply a rethinking of the role of technology in our relationship with the environment. Among them, in this paper, threemain solutions are highlighted: the techno-fix, the critique of technocracy (and the return to a pre-technological era), and Earth Stewardship. This latter is, in my opinion, the approach that is most in line with the doctrine of the Catholic Church in recent years and simultaneously implies the love for the "common home" (oikophilia) and the other humanbeings (philanthropy). These two aspects are the ontological framework of Earth Stewardship. This approach implies, from an ethical standpoint, the development of a sense of responsibility towards both the other living beings and the human beingsthemselves (i.e., human ecology). In this sense, I argue that the focal point of this approachis the human being and not the environment: our focus must be our dwelling on Earth,which recalls fruitful relationships with the environment -i.e., the possibility of flourishingfor both the human being and the other living beings El punto de partida de este trabajo es la crisis ecológica. Ante esta crisis, los seres humanos han ideado diferentes soluciones, que implican un replanteamiento del papel de la tecnología en nuestra relación con el medio ambiente. Entre ellas, en este trabajo se destacan tres soluciones principales: el techno-fix, la crítica de la tecnocracia (y el retorno a una era pre-tecnológica), y la Earth Stewardship. Esta última es, en mi opinión, el enfoque que más se ajusta a la doctrina de la Iglesia Católica de los últimos años e implica simultáneamente el amor a la “casa común” (oikofilía) y a los demás seres humanos (filantropía). Estos dos aspectos constituyen el marco ontológico de la Earth Stewardship. Este enfoque implica, desde un punto de vista ético, el desarrollo de un sentido de la responsabilidad tanto hacia los demás seres vivos como hacia los propios seres humanos (es decir, la ecología humana). En este sentido, sostengo que el punto central de este enfoque es el ser humano y no el medio ambiente: nuestro centro de atención debe ser nuestro habitar en la Tierra, que evoca las relaciones fructíferas con el medio ambiente, es decir, la posibilidad de florecimiento tanto para el ser humano como para los otros seres vivos. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-3537 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Salmanticensis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.36576/2660-955X.72.127 |
