My paper aims to sketch the ethical paradox emerging within the framework of the so-called Anthropocene: the ‘new aspirant geological epoch’ – namely, the third epoch (after Pleistocene and Holocene) of the Quaternary period – theorized by the chemist and Nobel prize Paul Crutzen in 2000. Crutzen’s proposal starts from the assumption that “humans and our societies have become a global geophysical force” or that “human activities have become so pervasive and profound that they rival the great forces of Nature and are pushing the Earth into planetary terra incognita (unknown land)”.
Beyond the Imperative Responsibility. Ethics in the Anthropocene
Cera A
2020
Abstract
My paper aims to sketch the ethical paradox emerging within the framework of the so-called Anthropocene: the ‘new aspirant geological epoch’ – namely, the third epoch (after Pleistocene and Holocene) of the Quaternary period – theorized by the chemist and Nobel prize Paul Crutzen in 2000. Crutzen’s proposal starts from the assumption that “humans and our societies have become a global geophysical force” or that “human activities have become so pervasive and profound that they rival the great forces of Nature and are pushing the Earth into planetary terra incognita (unknown land)”.File in questo prodotto:
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