THE CREATURE (MAN) AND HIS ENVIRONMENT: AN ETHICAL EXAMINATION

Veronica Uduak Onyemauwa

Abstract


This paper focuses on an ethical examination of man and his environment. It begins with the proposition that in any functional sense, man and his environment are inseparable and form only one unitary system. Man cannot exist without the environment and the environment has descriptive properties only if it is connected to man. However, the conception of man in his relationship to the environment has probably been problematic and controversial. This is because the creature (man) and his environment were created to interact with each other on a balance basis. While the natural environment is to create a fair decent shelter and to provide food supplements including economic resources and so on. Man on the other hand is supposed to care and protect the environment from destruction. However, when placed on measurement scale, there seems to be inequilibrium in the relationship existing between the two, that is (man and his environment). Hence, the analysis done in this paper based on ethical perspective is to provide in-depth information on numerous issues pertaining to the role of humankind in the environment with which he is associated. This is done to make people have a better understanding of the impacts of our activities on our environment, and the need for proper management against wanton exploitation.

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