Advaita Vedānta and Environmental Ethics: Some Critical Observations

Abstract

an Ethics of Responsibility may be the appropriate perspective in the 21st century environmental crisis. This is because, we think that we are not bound to solve all the problems in the world; our duty is only to avoid creating problems. We must not be responsible for evil to others; we must not harm others; if we harm, we must repair the damage. This is called Ethics of Responsibility and the answer to the question what makes human beings valuable and why should we revere the cosmos/nature and lead a meaningful life.