Incorporating Humanist Ethical Approach to Remedy Environmental ＂Abuses＂ in Ghana  

作　　者：Paul Appiah-Sekyere Paul Appiah-Sekyere(University of Cape Coast)

机构地区：[1]University of Cape Coast

出　　处：《Journal of Philosophy Study》2016年第6期345-355,共11页哲学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The influence that traditional Ghanaian norms, taboos, and folktales had in ensuring environmental protection and sustainability has been greatly minimized by the inroads of foreign cultures and religions such as Christianity and Islam. Currently, modem methods of environmental protection and sustainability have not achieved the desired goals. As a result, Ghana is at the mercy of countless forms of environmental abuses to the extent that Ghana is ranked the seventh dirtiest nation and also second in open defecation worldwide. This paper examines how the incorporation of Humanist ethical principles to integrate with the traditional Ghanaian environmental taboos and modem technological methods to salvage the continuous and relentless environmental abuses in Ghana.

关 键 词：HUMANISM ETHICS environment 

分 类 号：X322[环境科学与工程—环境工程] B82-053[哲学宗教—伦理学]