Human Responsibility and Cultural Self-awareness Towards the Environmental Protection

Uloga čovjeka u brizi za okoliš povezuje se s odgovornim pristupom prema resursima koje nam je podarila priroda. Ekološka etika nastaje kao novija grana filozofije te nastoji protumačiti odnos čovjeka prema prirodi, nudeći mnoge smjerove i mišljena u stavovima o položaju čovjeka spram okoliša. Pitanja koja su povezana s problemom okoliša najčešće se povezuju s razvojem industrije i gospodarstva koji su najveći eksploatatori prirodnih sirovina, energije te ostalih materijala i namirnica. U ovom radu otvara se još jedan pogled na odgovornost čovjeka prema okolišu koji gleda na podrijetlo brige o okolišu u kulturi i religiji, koja započinje čovjekom kao samosvjesnim bićem koji osim samoga sebe može suosjećati i razmišljati o svijetu oko sebe. U radu će se naglasiti glavni smjerovi u ekološkoj etici kao i njihovi predstavnici, a zaključno slijedi pregled bioetičkih problema povezanih s propadanjem okoliša.The role of human in caring for the envitonment is connected with a responsible approach to the resources given to us by nature itself. Ecological ethics emerged as a newer branch of philofophy and tries to interpret the relationship of man to nature, offering many different directions and thoughts in terms of the position of man in relation to the environment. Issues related to the environmental problem are most often associated with the development of industry and the economy, which are the biggest users of natural raw materials, energy and other materials and food. This paper opens another view of human responsibility towards the environment, which looks at the origin of care for environment in culture and religion, which begins with man as a self-aware being who, apart from himself, can sympathize and think about the world around him. The thesis will emphasize the main trends in environmental ethics as well as their representatives, and finally in conclusion it shows an overview of bioethical problems that include environmental declension