The Environment The Mirror Side of the Rapport between God and Humanity

摘要

Issues or questions relating to the environment could be considered as one of the major burning topics that dominate contemporary local and global public debate. For several decades now there has been a growing public awareness, concern and even alarm over the safety of our planet arising from serious environmental threats which are often tied to an unbalanced, unhealthy and even dangerous exploitation and the consequent degradation of the environment by the human species. Fundamental and critical questions are therefore being posed as to what ought to be the nature of the relationship between man and the environment (or nature in general) in the light of the crises resulting from the present unsatisfactory rapport between man and the environment. What originally appeared to have been a cause championed by various environmentalist lobby groups has gradually claimed the interest and attention of scholars in various fields of academic discipline and not surprisingly of politicians and world leaders too. In fact, environmental issues have acquired such a political weight that it has become a touchstone that can make or break the political fortunes of any major political office holder or aspirant to high political office. For this reason, therefore, many political leaders and political aspirants, even if not for genuine environmental concerns, are constrained to take or at least pretend to take real interest in questions or issues regarding the environment. ** In fact, several international conferences have been held by world leaders to discuss and formulate global policies pertaining to the