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1 The 4th COMEST Ethics Of Science and Technology Inspired by Spiritual Maturity
Chamniern Paul Vorratnchaiphan Thailand Environment Institute

2 Three snapshots: Three snapshots: Kyoto Protocol
The World Summit on Sustainable Development The Millenium Development Goals

3 Earth, Our Home…. The Protection of Earth’s vitality, diversity, and beauty is a scared trust To realize these aspirations, we must decide to live with a sense of universal responsibility, identifying ourselves with the whole Earth community as well as our local communities

4 Respect Earth and life in all its diversity,
Care for the community of life with understanding, compassion, and love, Eradicate poverty as an ethical, social, environmental imperative, This requires a change of mind and heart.

5 Failures Failures Instrumental Value Theories Economic instruments
Political Economy of decision making

6 THESE ARE NOT strong enough to protect nature from human induced destruction

7 Environmental Ethics characterise environmental predicaments a crisis of culture and character
What is the cause ?? What is the answer/way out ?? Deep Ecology = Intrinsic Values Shallow Ecology = Anthropocentric

8 Failures Spirituality Spirituality
Goes beyond scientific, technological, financial and environmental framework towards an awareness of the oneness of all life, the interdependence of multiple manifestations and its cycles of change and transformation Deep Ecological Awareness is Spiritual Awareness

9 Failures Spirituality Spirituality Spiritual Tradition
Is a mode of consciousness in which individual and community fells connected to the cosmos, a part of the whole, not a master. No single phenomenon can fully explained.

10 Northern region Lanna Kingdom Hill Tribes Animism Buddhism Forest River Land

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13 Destruction of the spirit and the living
Livelihood from nature Destruction of the spirit and the living

14 Respect Gratitude Kalayamamitra

15 Ordination

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17 Restraining from bad deeds
Respect Kindness

18 Spirituality Maturity
Science & Technology

19 Sustainable Development
In Style of ..Integration and Balance inspired by Spiritual Maturity


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