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The Ontopoietic Approach of Human Positioning in the Web of Life
Carmen Cozma
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5313/2023.06.001
“Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Iași, Romania
Developed by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, phenomenology of life focuses on the thesis of “ontopoiesis” that unfolds an insightful vision upon the human positioning within the great plan of life. The complex and dynamic ontopoietic view enlightens the creative human condition to be understood in terms of metaphysics, ontology, epistemology, anthropology, cosmology, aesthetics, as well as ethics and environmental philosophy. Among many original thematisations, we find an idea of utmost importance for the ethical conduct of man/woman, namely, to be “Custodian of everything-there-is-alive”. It designates a peculiar status of human being within the web of life in its wholeness, which challenges us to deeply reflect, to value and structure our attitudes, deeds, and behaviours activating their moral potential in our relationship with the natural environment. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize some coordinates of Tymienieckan phenomenology in the horizon of environmental ethics, disclosing the significance of the unique situation man/woman has to be aware of, to assume and continuously manifest as the responsible moral agent concerned with a constructive, fulfilling, ordering in flux experience of life, within the unity and differentiation of human-nature harmony.
phenomenology of life, Tymieniecka, ontopoiesis, Custodian of everything-there-is-alive, environmental ethics
Carmen Cozma. (2023). The Ontopoietic Approach of Human Positioning in the Web of Life. Philosophy Study, June 2023, Vol. 13, No. 6, 241-247.
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