The Place of Ecological Ethics in the Construction of Contemporary Philosophical Discourse

Abstract

The content of this essay analyzes the way in which the theoretical activity developed in the field of ecological ethics is constituted as a source for the construction of contemporary philosophical discourse. For this purpose, the investigation focuses on two dimensions: in the first, the discussion between the need to build a new ethics or the possibility of applying the existing theories, principles and values in classical ethics in addressing the problems is presented. environmental. In the second dimension, the implications of globalization processes in the constitution of ecological ethics are assessed, as well as in the emergence of new environmental values. As a result of this study, it is concluded that the problems and questions that generate debates and theoretical elaborations in the field of ecological ethics are valuable contributions for the construction of the philosophical discourse in the present century.