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DIJANA MAGĐINSKI
Jastrebarsko, Croatia /
Jastrebarsko, Hrvatska
DOES A “HUMAN METEOR” HAVE A MORAL DUTY?
The UN declared the year 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity
under the slogan “Biodiversity is life, biodiversity is our life”
and accompanied by a logo which portrays human life in harmony with
nature and symbolizes human commitment to preserve biodiversity. This
may seem contradictory to a critical mind. Because, if we are part of nature
and are governed by the same natural laws like the rest of the beings,
then we are in constant competition with these beings and it seems that
we don’t have moral duty to preserve them. Proponents of this view assert
that massive extinction, to which we bear witness today, is just a natural
phenomenon that shows human’s efficiency as a competitor. On the other
hand, “man as a governor and guardian” argument implies that we do have
a moral duty for preserving biodiversity, but it seems to put human outside
of nature. In this essay I will consider both arguments and try to reconcile
them. Goal of this essay is to show that man is obligated to preserve biodiversity,
although he is a part of nature.
IMA LI »LJUDSKI METEOR« MORALNU DUŽNOST?
UN je 2010. godinu proglasio Međunarodnom godinom bioraznolikosti,
pod sloganom »Bioraznolikost je život, bioraznolikost je naš život« te
s logom koji oslikava ljudski život u harmoniji s prirodom i simbolizira
obvezu čovjeka da očuva bioraznolikost. Kritičkom umu se to može činiti
kontradiktornim. Jer ako smo dio prirode i upravljani istim prirodnim zakonima
kao i sva ostala bića, onda smo s tim istim bićima u neprestanoj
kompeticiji i čini se kako nemamo moralnu dužnost očuvati ih. Zagovornici
takvog stajališta ističu da je masovno izumiranje, kojemu smo svjedoci
danas, tek prirodni fenomen koji pokazuje uspješnost čovjeka kao kompetitora.
S druge strane, argument čovjeka kao upravitelja i čuvara implicira
da imamo moralnu dužnost očuvati bioraznolikost, ali čini se da postavlja
čovjeka izvan prirode. U ovom radu ću sagledati oba argumenta te ih pokušati
pomiriti. Cilj rada je pokazati da čovjek ima obvezu očuvanja bioraznolikosti,
iako je dio prirode.
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