Review article
https://doi.org/10.5559/di.24.1.06
Hösle's Magnifier: Modelling the Ecological Future of Human Society
Dalia Matijević
; Zagreb
Abstract
Vittorio Hösle faced a population of Moscow students,
contemporaries of the USSR collapse in 1990. He was
expected to discuss the process of designing and achieving
environmental sustainability, not only within the immediate
socio-political context of his audience, but also within the
context of a global reshaping of existing development
patterns. In the paper Hösle's template of understanding and
proposing solutions for the ecological crisis is transposed into
a broader historical and social context and continuity,
especially one that chronologically followed after his Moscow
lectures. The purpose of this article is to assess and evaluate
the quality and relevance of Hösle's template considering the
realistic circumstances of social development and the
application of environment protection principles. The selected
framework is developed through the following thematic
options: historical and social conditioning of ecological crisis;
ethical framework of society affected by ecological crisis;
conditioning system of economy and ecology in society
affected by ecological crisis; and political circumstances and
consequences of ecological crisis. The goal is to follow and
analyze what has happened "after Hösle's 'Philosophy of
Ecological Crisis'" and whether this is consistent with his
reasoning. The conclusion is that Hösle's template is
confirmed as fully applicable, credible and relevant.
Keywords
ecological crisis; ecological paradigm; principle of responsibility; polluter pays principle; sustainable development
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Publication date:
1.3.2015.
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