An Ethics of NatureCulture and Creation

Donna Haraway’s Cyborg Ethics as a Resource for Ecotheology

Authors

  • Kevin O'Brien Emory University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/ecot.9.3.295.59069

Keywords:

ecofeminist ethics, Donna Haraway, cyborg reality, environmental ethics

Abstract

This essay first explores the postmodern, ecofeminist ethics emerging from Donna Haraway’s analysis of non-dualistic cyborg reality. It then argues that this perspective has many similarities with and much to teach to ecotheological ethics. I conclude with three ideas which I believe Haraway’s thought can contribute to the development of an environmental ethics in the Christian tradition: a clear and importantly complex picture of our world’s particular moral challenges, a modest approach to developing solutions to these challenges, and an emphasis on making explicit the problematic and destructive tendencies of the traditions within which we work

Author Biography

  • Kevin O'Brien, Emory University
    Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University Atlanta, GA 30322, USA

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Published

2004-12-24

Issue

Section

Articles

How to Cite

O'Brien, K. (2004). An Ethics of NatureCulture and Creation: Donna Haraway’s Cyborg Ethics as a Resource for Ecotheology. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, 9(3), 295-314. https://doi.org/10.1558/ecot.9.3.295.59069