Deep Ecology Principles

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In the reference of the above points, we should understand that we are in the need of deep ecology and we should straightaway refuse the shallow approach
Deep ecology is the movement which is contrasted to an environmentalism concerned with the depletion of resources and pollution. Deep ecology wants a fundamental change in religion, morality and social institutions with the above set of eight basic principles by Arnes Naess and George Sessions. Still they had been set as the ‘core doctrines’ of the deep ecology movement. These principles gave a position to deep ecology and those points are:
1. Firstly, that the deep ecologists reject anthropocentrism and welcome ecocentrism and is of the opinion that we are the part of this ecosystem, therefore …show more content…

The Australian Warwick Fox
Academically deep ecology has two basic principles:
1. Axiology (study of the criteria of value systems in ethics) of a biocentric egalitarianism
2. Ontology (study of existence) of metaphysical holism which asserts that the biosphere is internally related to each other that make up an ontologically unbroken whole.
The first principle: Biocentric egalitarianism also known by biocentric, biospherical and ecological, with equality and egalitarianism. Here Naess means that the whole ecology has equal intrinsic value. But some critic has denied this principle like Watson; he said that deep ecology is not just non- anthropocentric but anti- anthropocentric.
The second principle: The second one is metaphysical holism- by this principle we can correlate or inter connect the ontogical interconnectedness with ‘self-realization’ with the help of this principle if we are able to find the intrinsic value of other living beings that we can find the life in all forms.
It has been said in the main theoretical formulation that shallow ecology is not based on a well-articulated but incorrect philosophical or religious foundation. There is a lack of depth of guiding philosophical or religious …show more content…

Shallow ecology focuses on technological solutions to environmental problems where as deep ecology tries to find out the root causes of the problems and then make a solution of it. It also asks deep questions about our personal lifestyle, society and experience. Because by probing deeper question, we can discover our true place in nature. Naess calls his own version of deep ecology as ‘Ecophilosophy T’ but it is not intended because Naess wanted that everyone should have to think about their beliefs and

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