the 4 th comest e thics of science and technology inspired by s piritual m aturity
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The 4th COMEST
Ethics Of Science and TechnologyInspired by
SSpiritual piritual MMaturityaturity
Chamniern Paul Vorratnchaiphan Thailand Environment Institute chamniern@tei.or.th
Three snapshots: Three snapshots:
• Kyoto Protocol• The World Summit on Sustainable
Development• The Millenium Development Goals
• EarthEarth, Our Home…. • The Protection of Earth’s vitality,
diversity, and beauty is a scared trust• To realize these aspirations, we must
decide to live with a sense of universal responsibility, identifying ourselves with the whole Earth community as well as our local communities
• Respect Earth and life in all its diversity,
• Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love,
• Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, environmental imperative,
• This requires a change of mind and heart.
• IInstrumental Value Theories• EEconomic instruments• PPolitical Economy of decision
making
Failures FFailuresailures
THESE ARE NOTTHESE ARE NOT strong enough to protect strong enough to protect
nature from human nature from human induced destruction induced destruction
• Environmental Ethics characterise environmental predicaments a crisis of culture and character
• What is the cause ?? What is the cause ?? What is the answer/way outWhat is the answer/way out ????
Deep Ecology = Intrinsic Values
Shallow Ecology = Anthropocentric
Spirituality• Goes beyond scientific, technological,
financial and environmental framework towards an awareness of the oneness of all life, the interdependence of multiple manifestations and its cycles of change and transformation
•Deep Ecological Awareness is Spiritual Awareness
Failures SSpiritualitypirituality
Spirituality
Spiritual TraditionSpiritual Tradition• Is a mode of consciousness in which
individual and community fells connected to the cosmos, a part of the whole, not a master. No single phenomenon can fully explained.
Failures SSpirituality pirituality
Northern region Lanna KingdomHill Tribes Animism Buddhism Forest River Land
• Livelihood from nature
• Destruction of the spirit and the living
• Respect
• Gratitude
Kalayamamitra
Ordination
Restraining from bad deeds
Respect
Kindness
Science & Technology
SSpirituality pirituality MMaturityaturity
Sustainable Development
In Style of ..Integration and Balance inspired by Spiritual Maturity
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