A new ethical conception sustainability through deep ecology principles

Abstract

The present study had as main objective to analyze the concept of sustainability through the Deep Ecology philosophy and the theory of the environmental rationality of Enrique Leff, seeking an ethical rethink about the relationship of the human being with Nature. For this, we chose the multiple dialectical method for the analysis of the dialogue between the philosophy of Deep Ecology and Leff’s environmental rationality for the deconstruction of economic rationality. In the perspective of the environmental crisis experienced with greater emphasis in the 21st century, the human being has increasingly sought to achieve sustainable practices that lead to socioeconomic development, without, however, achieving the expected results - the preservation of the planet. The study concluded that Deep Ecology can theoretically support the environmental rationality necessary to break with the current economic model, which makes it impossible to materialize any sustainable action not geared to purely market interests, and to make feasible the construction of a new sustainability model that effectively guarantee earthly survival.