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Ethics Of Science and TechnologyInspired by

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Chamniern Paul Vorratnchaiphan Thailand Environment Institute chamniern@tei.or.th

Three snapshots: Three snapshots:

• Kyoto Protocol• The World Summit on Sustainable

Development• The Millenium Development Goals

• EarthEarth, Our Home…. • The Protection of Earth’s vitality,

diversity, and beauty is a scared trust• To realize these aspirations, we must

decide to live with a sense of universal responsibility, identifying ourselves with the whole Earth community as well as our local communities

• Respect Earth and life in all its diversity,

• Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love,

• Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, environmental imperative,

• This requires a change of mind and heart.

• IInstrumental Value Theories• EEconomic instruments• PPolitical Economy of decision

making

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THESE ARE NOTTHESE ARE NOT strong enough to protect strong enough to protect

nature from human nature from human induced destruction induced destruction

• Environmental Ethics characterise environmental predicaments a crisis of culture and character

• What is the cause ?? What is the cause ?? What is the answer/way outWhat is the answer/way out ????

Deep Ecology = Intrinsic Values

Shallow Ecology = Anthropocentric

Spirituality• Goes beyond scientific, technological,

financial and environmental framework towards an awareness of the oneness of all life, the interdependence of multiple manifestations and its cycles of change and transformation

•Deep Ecological Awareness is Spiritual Awareness

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Spirituality

Spiritual TraditionSpiritual Tradition• Is a mode of consciousness in which

individual and community fells connected to the cosmos, a part of the whole, not a master. No single phenomenon can fully explained.

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Northern region Lanna KingdomHill Tribes Animism Buddhism Forest River Land

• Livelihood from nature

• Destruction of the spirit and the living

• Respect

• Gratitude

Kalayamamitra

Ordination

Restraining from bad deeds

Respect

Kindness

Science & Technology

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Sustainable Development

In Style of ..Integration and Balance inspired by Spiritual Maturity