This essay argues for considering the Earth Charter as a text requiring ongoing interpretation, embodying a philosophic worldview (or worldviews) needing continuous exploration. The author off ers his own interpretations, explorations, and critiques of the Earth Charter from a philosophical naturalist perspective, centrally informed by evolutionary biology and ecology, which hefi nds insuffi ciently presented in the Earth Charter as it presently stands. This essay argues for considering the Earth Charter as a text requiring ongoing interpretation, embodying a philosophic worldview (or worldviews) needing continuous exploration. The author off ers his own interpretations, explorations, and critiques of the Earth Charter from a philosophical naturalist perspective, centrally informed by evolutionary biology and ecology, which hefi nds insuffi ciently presented in the Earth Charter as it presently stands.
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Date of Publication
2004
Physical description
93-100
Title
Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology