10. Lošinjski dani bioetike - Hrvatsko filozofsko društvo

klimatskih promjena nego također nudi i mogućnost ublažavanja problema.
Ekološki orijentirana ekonomija popisuje troškove klimatske promjene
i predlaže sustave provođenja procesa ublažavanja. Međutim, etika je
ta koja treba iznaći norme djelovanja, kao i razloge za takvo djelovanje.
U svijetu koji je sve više globaliziran, etičke norme trebaju biti globalno
prihvatljive. To je pogotovo slučaj u pitanju etike klimatskih promjena gdje
se uzročnici i žrtve suočavaju na nevjerojatno visokoj razini nepodudaranja
– što je zasigurno i bilo jednim od razloga neuspjeha u Kopenhagenu. No,
gotovo da ne postoji bilo kakvo interkulturalno sagledavanje etike klimatskih
promjena uopće. Stoga ću argumentirati u prilog potrebe interkulturalne
dimenzije etike klimatskih promjena i ukazati na neke glavne prepreke
za njeno postizanje.
IVANA ZAGORAC
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb, Croatia /
Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
SCOPES AND LIMITATIONS
OF ALBERT SCHWEITZER’S ETHICAL SYSTEM
First part of the presentation focuses on the main characteristics of
Albert Schweitzer’s ethical system: he defines his ethics as rational, absolute,
universal, and of a great spiritual significance. Implications of such
characteristics are multilayered although coherent within the framework of
‘reverence for life’ principle until the moment of their confrontation with
Schweitzer’s demand for necessity of practical realization. His ‘living
ethics’ is challenged by practical value conflicts, which could be resolved
only by the abolition of the highest principle itself. Schweitzer notices this
tension and tries to overcome it by offering different solutions which will
be analyzed in the second part of the presentation. Finally, having in mind
the high value of his ‘reverence for life’ principle in modern bioethics,
in the concluding part we will examine Schweitzer’s success in resolving
weak points of his own ethical system.
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