Environmental Ethics Planning for Universities (Case Study: Agricultural Students of Shiraz University) | ||
| فصلنامه علمی آموزش محیط زیست و توسعه پایدار | ||
| Article 3, Volume 10, Issue 1, December 2021, Pages 47-57 PDF (938.5 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.30473/ee.2021.55928.2279 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mansoor Shahvali* 1; Fatemeh Khoshnami2 | ||
| 1Prof. in Dept. of Ag. Extension and Education, Ag. College, Shiraz University | ||
| 2MSc in Agricultural Extension and Education, Ag. Collgee, Shiraz Universtiy | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This study was carried out to test the necessity of the alignment between wisdom and transcendental decisiveness to solve environmental crises. Hence, collectine wisdom in the form ethical codes could not solely resolve these crises. In addition, cognitive scientists believe that some beliefs, especially religious beliefs, play the same role; otherwise, scientific theories would not be able to manage environmental disasters. The alignment of ethical codes with common sense and transcendental decisiveness is the necessary condition for resolving environmental crises. Additionally, UNESCO, by end of the second millennium recommended the universities around the world to prepare in advance their students according to local epistemic to make sustainability happen in the 3thmillennium.Forthese reasons, a descriptive-survey research method was carried out among agricultural college students of Shiraz University. The results showed that the “ethical complex” including 4 ethical indexes which were used in this study, had strong correlation with students’ environmental ethics; as well as, students’ general environmental knowledge. These strong relationships confirm the necessity of considering science with intent and metaphysical cognition to manage environment disasters. To save time and costs, this “ethical complex” could be considered as a bench mark to study ethics in among the universities across the Country, periodically to find an Environmental Ethics Scale for Iranian Universities (EESIU). | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Environmental ethics; Intent and metaphysical cognition; Agricultural College; Shiraz University | ||
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