Abnecidal (Abnecide)

Abnecidal and Abnecide: The active or passive refusal of agents to take responsibility (at all levels) for actions needed in the present to ensure all humans a viable future. [from the Free Dictionary: Latin abnegāre, abnegāt-, to refuse : ab-, away; see ab-1 + negāre, to deny; see ne in Indo-European roots ... Cida; [from Latin -cīda (agent), -cīdium (act), from caedere to kill]

Soliphilia

"Soliphilia" is the love of the totality of our place relationships, and a willingness to accept the political responsibility for protecting and conserving them at all scales. The concept has its origins in the French solidaire (interdependent) and the Latin solidus (solid or whole), and the love of one's fellow citizens and neighbors implied by the Greek … Continue reading Soliphilia

Applied Ethics in Human and Ecosystem Health: The Potential of Ethics and an Ethic of Potentiality

Glenn. A. Albrecht: First published in Ecosystem Health V 7 December 2001, 243-252. (old, but maybe still useful). Abstract We live at a time when billions of people on this earth cannot achieve their full potential. Their lives are cut short or impoverished by malnutrition, pollution and disease caused by failure of ecosystem and social … Continue reading Applied Ethics in Human and Ecosystem Health: The Potential of Ethics and an Ethic of Potentiality