Ecosophical Justice: Some Pathways+

Dr. Anthony Savari Raj

Abstract


Ecosophical Justice reminds us that ecological predicament is not merely ecological, but it is a human problem which indeed requires a radical mutation in human attitude. In our attempt to control and manipulate nature, we have forgotten that we are natural beings, sustained by the same environment we seek to dominate.

Very significantly, our domination over earth has spilled over to the human beings too, particularly the poor who cry out for justice and liberation. The logic that exploits the earth and the poor seems to be one and the same. Ecological and justice concerns, therefore, are inseparable. Justice is the way of ecology.

However, as going a little beyond ecojustice, ecosophical justice reminds us, the question lies beyond a more or less refined ecology. It is a problem rooted in our ways of thinking, involving indeed a new attitude and perception about the earth, ourselves and also the divine. It signals the collective identity and destiny of all the three dimensions of reality.

The following pathways are suggested, in the light of this ecosophical vision, towards an enlightened, loving and healing involvement and possibly some policies, towards the realization of ecosophical justice. 


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