IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

The Loss and Damage of Environmental Ethics in the Threshold of African Culture: Environmental Ethics and African Culture

The Loss and Damage of Environmental Ethics in the Threshold of African Culture: Environmental Ethics and African Culture
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Essien Essien (University of Uyo, Nigeria)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 16
Source title: Environmental and Agricultural Informatics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9621-9.ch073

Purchase


Abstract

It has been argued that human actions through pollution and other activities have imperil survival, harm health and dislocate the well-being of man on earth. This argument's corollary is that, given the curious datum that human beings are implicated in loss and damage of the environment, actions performed by individuals have aggregate negative consequences on the environment. Yet, what African culture is and how it matters in environmental ethics is regrettably unexplored and disproportionately contested. This study examines the contributions of culture toward the preservation and protection of the environment for future generation. The study adopts qualitative methodology and content analysis, as well as “relational theory” to respond to the thesis that African culture has a moral responsibility and an in-built mechanism to protect human interactions with nature and environment. The findings show that culture has the capacity to avert loss and damage of the African environment through African ethics.

Related Content

Muhammad Asim, Aamir Raza, Muhammad Safdar, Mian Muhammad Ahmed, Amman Khokhar, Mohd Aarif, Mohammed Saleh Al Ansari, Jaffar Sattar, Ishtiaq Uz Zaman Chowdhury. © 2024. 26 pages.
Mian Muhammad Ahmed, Umer Sharif, Aamir Raza, Muhammad Safdar, Waqar Ali, Muhammad Asim, Hafsa Muzammal, Jaffar Sattar, Sheraz Maqbool, Malaika Zaheer. © 2024. 24 pages.
James Kanyepe, Tinashe Musasa, Katlego Mahupa Ketlhaetse, Brave Zizhou. © 2024. 29 pages.
Mohamed Salah El Din, Masengu Reason. © 2024. 25 pages.
Blessing Hodzi, Neil Batsirai Maheve. © 2024. 19 pages.
Joshua Risiro, Divaries Cosmas Jaravaza, Paul Mukucha. © 2024. 27 pages.
Option Takunda Chiwaridzo, Rodwell Musiiwa, Tariro Hlasi. © 2024. 26 pages.
Body Bottom