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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Chavan, Balbhim L. |
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Conference:
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International Conference on Climate Change & Social Issues 2011 |
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Location:
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Colombo, Sri Lanka |
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Conf. Date:
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14-15 December |
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Date:
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2011 |
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URI:
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7751
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Social Organization |
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Subject(s):
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climate change
environmental degradation
environmental ethics
sustainability
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Abstract:
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"Climate change is an ultimate effect of rapid and unplanned industrialization. The human society is facing this problem mainly due to environmental degradation caused by variety of developmental but unsustainable destructing activities. There is an urgent need to stop further degradation of nature or at least keep it under control by adopting the concepts of environmental ethics. Environmental ethics are capable to control our social, moral and scientific behaviors and promote the sustainable lifestyle. They promote us towards the nature concerning what is right or what is wrong giving equal opportunities to compete for the comfort and richness of the world for all life forms in a sustainable way.
There are several spiritual approaches to environmental ethics which can play major role in controlling the current trend of climate change. The present paper deals with certain principles capable of controlling the climate change which are recognized as environmental ethics. Such ethical justifications are discussed with reference to moral sense, spiritual thinking and practical utility on the grounds of present need and the future generations."
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