Sei Yuki Intergenerational Ethics in Environmental Problems

Overview about my Presentation ● What is Intergenerational Ethics? ● What is sustainable society? ● The dilemma of my research ● Conclusion

What is Intergenerational Ethics? 20 th Century21 th Century22 th Century Intergenerational Ethics ・・・ The opinion of asserting our ethics, duties and rights between past generation and future generation. environmental destructions

What is sustainable society? wind power generator electric car Sustainable society ・・・ ・ using nonfossil fuel as energy ・ sometimes using fossil fuel ・ reducing the amount of CO2 ・ 3R(Reuse, Recycle, Reduce) ・ not too much Recycling ・ growing economics and industry well-balanced system of ① environment ② economics ③ human society

The dilemma of my research My Research ： cleaning up polluted soils ● We came up with the method of cleaning soils. ● There are many areas to be polluted by heavy metals or petroleum in Japan. But ・・・ Some recycling companies don’t clean up polluted soils. ⇒ economic efficiency, possibility ・・・ Why do they clean up soils? There are so many polluted soils, why? Don’t they have ethics?

Conclusion ● All human beings have to make sustainable society. ● We should hand down natural resources and natures to future generation with sustainable development. ● Companies should make consideration not only near term benefits but also environmental fields.

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