The critical intersection of environmental and social justice: a commentary
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Leslie Solomonian; Erica Di Ruggiero
- Source
- Globalization and Health, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 1-4 (2021)
- Subject
- Ethics
Global justice
Ecological collapse
Social justice
Environmental health
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1744-8603
Abstract The global crises of ecological degradation and social injustice are mutually reinforcing products of the same flawed systems. Dominant human culture is morally obliged to challenge and reconstruct these systems in order to mitigate future planetary harm. In this commentary, we argue that doing so requires a critical examination of the values and narratives which underlie systems of oppression and power. We argue for the moral necessity of a socially just approach to the ecological crisis.