L’eau de l’or : à l’heure des éthiques de l’environnement
Based on a comparative study of several conflicts between village communities and gold mining companies (in Latin America and West Africa) over the use of water, this article argues that the analysis of the status of the water/gold couple in current ethical issues leads to the recognition of the rig...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Éditions de la Sorbonne
2022-09-01
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| Series: | Revue Internationale des Études du Développement |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/ried/973 |
| Summary: | Based on a comparative study of several conflicts between village communities and gold mining companies (in Latin America and West Africa) over the use of water, this article argues that the analysis of the status of the water/gold couple in current ethical issues leads to the recognition of the rights of some of elements of the Nature. To do so, it points out how the ecological transition imposed by climate change and various environmental ethics are currently apprehended. He also demonstrates the difficulty of estimating the "virtual water" of gold: a difficulty that reveals the inadequacy of classical environmental ethics and the limits of orthodox economics. An ethics of gold that is equal to the current ecological stakes could lead to a radical revision of the epistemological bases of our representations of the world. |
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| ISSN: | 2554-3415 2554-3555 |