Environmental Degradation: Development Philosophy and Moral Responsibilities
Keywords:
Environmental Degradation, Moral Responsibilities, Humanity, DevelopmentAbstract
Many damages have been done to the ecosystem, especially the biosphere that houses the human species. The systems demand that human species and non-human species should be protected from avert environmental or ecological conditions which are detrimental to healthy living. This review examined environmental degradations in modern society. It also examined the ways in which every individual, group, community can help its society in establishing healthy environment and communitarian ethical living by possibly looking at the effectiveness of man’s moral obligation to the ecosystem as the responsive solution to the degrading environments surrounding humanity.
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