About the coronavirus pandemic in the context of philosophy environmental law

Abstract

The appearance of a coronavirus infection can be considered an accident, not caused by previous human activity. However, given the almost 200-year rapid growth of industry and the increase in environmental pollution, we can offer another hypothesis to explain what is happening. The planet Earth is not a dead body, but a special form of life that is negatively affected by water and air pollution, deforestation, and other human activities, which generates a response. One of these common responses is climate change due to the increase in greenhouse gas emissions, which was discussed by the world community and reflected in the international Treaty-the Paris agreement on climate 2015. It seems that this is not the only response of the Country to the annual increase in negative human impact on its economy. The appearance of coronavirus infection in China, the most polluted region of the planet, speaks volumes. Today, the existence of environmental diseases caused by environmental pollution has been convincingly proved. There is still insufficient evidence of the negative impact of the polluted environment on the health of animal objects (from which a person was infected with the coronavirus in China), but the available research confirms the validity of this hypothesis. In order to prevent new pandemics, humanity must move from a consumer (anthropocentric) concept of Nature perception to an ecocentric model that assumes a reduction in the impact on the environment and a rejection of rampant consumption growth.