جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « ارزشهای اخلاقی » در نشریات گروه « محیط زیست »

Nowadays, the management of environmentalissues such as hazardous waste is not simply atechnical problem, but is confounded by legal,social, political and even ethical considerations.Environmental ethics deals with the moral issuesinvolved in relationships between humans and theworld around us. Due ro the importance of theseissues in our present world, the understanding ofmain principles of environmental ethics and philosophyhas become essential for all specialistswho are working in different fields. The environmentalissues cannot be solved without the helpof all people, specially managers and engineers.The main aim of this paper is to compare differentethical perspectives regarding our environment.In the paper, different ethical perspectives includinghumaisn, biocentrism (life-centered), ecocentrism(eco-centeric), and utilitiarinism are brieflyexplained. In addition, the religious view pointsregarding the environment are briefly discussed.Humanism claims that human society is uniquebecause of out intelligent, foresight and creativityand on the other hand, eco-centrism claims that allecological processes and systems have intrinsicvalues and rights regardless of their usefulness.Furthermore, the importance and role of the codesof Ethics for engineers, which are adopted by severalprofessional associations, are described in thepaper.

Nowadays, the environment and its preservation are regarded as of such ethical and social value that their criminal protection is an indisputable necessity. In this regard, the shortconings of tort law sanctions and the inefficiency of environmental administrative law measures reflect the mentioned necessity. However, the application of criminal law for environmental protection can not be free from any requirements and consideration. Choosing an appropriate approach to adopting criminal sanctions; recognition of the criminal responsibility for legal persons including corporations; and the establishment of modern and effective monitoring mechanisms are among the said requirements.