The Dawning of an Earth Ethic. Issue 3 (4th September 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sanders, Scott Russell
• Is Part Of: Ethics & international affairs. Volume 28:Issue 3(2014)
• Page Start: 317
• Page End: 324
• Publication Date: 2014-09-04
• Subjects: International relations -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Periodicals; 172.405
• DOI: 10.1017/S0892679414000380
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0892-6794

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="text-abstract"> <title> <x content-type="archive" xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>Among Earth's millions of species, ours is the only one capable of rapidly changing the chemistry of the atmosphere and thereby endangering the whole web of life, from phytoplankton and corals to polar bears and pine trees, from hummingbirds to humans. We are also the only species capable of documenting this disruption, identifying its causes, and acting to counter it. Yet so far we have failed to act on the scale or with the urgency required to avert this unfolding disaster. Why are we failing? What keeps us from caring for the atmosphere as a shared, finite, and fragile envelope for life?</p> </abstract>