Caring for Nature: A Discussion on the Ethics of Nature

Year 2024, Issue: 22, 194 - 204, 12.12.2024

Melih Can Kızmaz , İbrahim Halil Polat

https://doi.org/10.55256/temasa.1568802

Abstract

Care ethics is essential for establishing a relationship with nature rooted in care, love, and respect. Considering these relationships care ethics mainly considers them in related to human beings but instead of this view, in this paper, we will examine these relationships through the lens of Aldo Leopold’s Land Ethics. Accordingly, in this paper, we aim to explore the idea that how can we extend that relationship through non-human beings such as animals, soils, et cetera. Furthermore, regarding Nel Nodding’s ecofeminist perspective as distinguishing ethical perspectives as female and male ethical perspectives, firstly, we will argue female ethical perspectives alongside of care ethics and Aldo Leopold’s land ethics and thus we will discuss the ethical relationship between human beings and nature. On the other hand, we will discuss male ethical perspectives by taking deontological ethics into account as a complementary view for the application of care ethics in the practical sphere. Therefore, in this paper, we contend that combining female and male ethical perspectives will provide as a complete account of an ethics of nature.

Keywords

Care Ethics, Nature, Aldo Leopold, Ecofeminist Perspecetive, Male Ethical Perspective, Female Ethical Perspective

Doğayı Sevmek: Doğa Etiği Üzerine Bir Tartışma

Abstract

Aşk etiği, doğayla aşk, sevgi ve saygıya dayalı bir ilişki kurmak için elzemdir. Bu ilişkiler genellikle insanlarla ilgili olarak ele alınırken, bu çalışmada bu ilişkileri AldoLeopold’ün Toprak Etiği perspektifinden inceleyeceğiz. Bu doğrultuda, bu çalışmada hayvanlar, topraklar gibi insan dışındaki varlıklarla olan ilişkimizi nasıl genişletebileceğimizi keşfetmeyi amaçlıyoruz. Ayrıca, NelNoddings'inekofeminist perspektifi çerçevesinde kadın ve erkek etik perspektiflerini ayıran bir yaklaşım olarak, önce bakım etiği ve AldoLeopold’ün arazi etiği ile birlikte kadın etik perspektiflerini tartışacağız ve böylece insanlarla doğa arasındaki etik ilişkiyi ele alacağız. Öte yandan, erkek etik perspektiflerini deontolojik etiği dikkate alarak tartışacak ve böylece bakım etiğinin pratik alandaki uygulaması için tamamlayıcı bir görüş sunacağız. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmada, kadın ve erkek etik perspektiflerinin birleştirilmesinin doğa etiği konusunda eksiksiz bir anlayış sağlayacağını savunacağız.

Keywords

Aşk Etiği, Doğa, Aldo Leopold, Ekofeminist Perspektif, Erkek Etik Perspektifi, Kadın Etik Perspektifi

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