Author: john ferry K
Deep ecology is a fairly recent branch of bionomical philosophy or ecosophy which regards mankind as an integral part of its environment. It is a collection of thought which emphasizes greater value on ecosystems, processes in nature than established green movements and environment and non-human species. Deep ecology has contributed to a new system of environmental philosophy. The inmost or most intimate part or principle of deep ecology is the claim that, similar to humanity, the living environment as a whole has the same right to flourish and live. Deep ecology depicts itself as "deep" since it prevails in asking deeper questions respecting "why" and "how" and thus is connected with the basic philosophical questions about the affects of human life as one part of the ecosphere, rather than with a narrow view of ecology as a branch of biological science, and directs to avoid solely human-centered environmentalism, that it indicates is related with conservation of the environment so that it can be utilized for human purposes. The phrase "deep ecology" was made up by a Norwegian philosopher named Arne Næss in 1973 and he assisted give it a theoretical foundation. For Arne Næss, ecological science pertained to logic and facts alone, cannot explain ethical questions about how we should live. For this we are needed ecological wisdom. Deep ecology assays to change this by concentrating on deep questioning, deep commitment, and deep experience. These build up an interrelated system. Each brings about and supports the other, whilst the whole system is, what Næss would call, an ecosophy: a growing but consistent philosophy of thinking, being, and acting in the world which substantiates harmony and ecological wisdom. Næss declined the idea where beings can be classified according to their relative value. For example, assessments on if an animal has a perpetual soul, if it has cognizance or in fact higher consciousness, and if it exploits reason have all been used to vindicate the rating of the human animal as superior to other animals. Næss tells that from an biological point of view the claim of all living species to live is a global rightfulness that cannot be measured. No single species of living being has more of this definite right to unfold and live as compared to any other species. This metaphysical thought is further cleared up in Warwick Fox's claim that human and all other living beings are aspects of a single blossoming reality. Intrinsically, Deep Ecology would advocate the point of view of Aldo Leopold in his book that humans are barely a member of the living community. They also would defend Leopold's ‘Land Ethic'- a thing is justified when it leans to preserve the beauty, integrity, and stability of the living community. It is wrong when it tends differently. Daniel Quinn in Ishmael proved that a human-centered myth forms the base of our present view of the world, and a jellyfish would have a corresponding jellyfish centric perspective.
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