Planetary well-being
JYU.Wisdom community, Kortetmäki, Teea, Puurtinen, Mikael, Salo, Miikka, Aro, Riikka, Baumeister, Stefan, Duflot, Rémi, Elo, Merja, Halme, Panu, Husu, Hanna-Mari, Huttunen, Suvi, Hyvönen, Katriina, Karkulehto, Sanna, Kataja-aho, Saana, Keskinen, Kirsi E., Kulmunki, Inari, Mäkinen, Tuuli, Näyhä, Annukka, Okkolin, Mari-Anne, Perälä, Tommi, Purhonen, Jenna, Raatikainen, Kaisa J., Raippalinna, Liia-Maria, Salonen, Kirsi, Savolainen, Katri, Kotiaho, Janne S. (2021). Planetary well-being. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 8, Article 258. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-021-00899-3
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Yritysten ympäristöjohtaminenSustainable BusinessResurssiviisausyhteisöEkologia ja evoluutiobiologiaKirjallisuusFilosofiaSosiologiaGerontologia ja kansanterveysKestävä liiketoiminta ja talous (painoala)PsykologiaEvoluutiotutkimus (huippuyksikkö)YhteiskuntapolitiikkaBasic or discovery scholarshipCorporate Environmental ManagementSustainable BusinessSchool of Resource WisdomEcology and Evolutionary BiologyLiteraturePhilosophySosiologyGerontology and Public HealthSustainable Business and Economy (focus area)PsychologyCentre of Excellence in Evolutionary ResearchSocial and Public PolicyBasic or discovery scholarshipCopyright
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Tensions between the well-being of present humans, future humans, and nonhuman nature manifest in social protests and political and academic debates over the future of Earth. The increasing consumption of natural resources no longer increases, let alone equalises, human well-being, but has led to the current ecological crisis and harms both human and nonhuman well-being. While the crisis has been acknowledged, the existing conceptual frameworks are in some respects ill-equipped to address the crisis in a way that would link the resolving of the crisis with the pivotal aim of promoting equal well-being. The shortcomings of the existing concepts in this respect relate to anthropocentric normative orientation, methodological individualism that disregards process dynamics and precludes integrating the considerations of human and nonhuman well-being, and the lack of multiscalar considerations of well-being. This work derives and proposes the concept of planetary well-being to address the aforementioned conceptual issues, to recognise the moral considerability of both human and nonhuman well-being, and to promote transdisciplinary, cross-cultural discourse for addressing the crisis and for promoting societal and cultural transformation. Conceptually, planetary well-being shifts focus on well-being from individuals to processes, Earth system and ecosystem processes, that underlie all well-being. Planetary well-being is a state where the integrity of Earth system and ecosystem processes remains unimpaired to a degree that species and populations can persist to the future and organisms have the opportunity to achieve well-being. After grounding and introducing planetary well-being, this work shortly discusses how the concept can be operationalised and reflects upon its potential as a bridging concept between different worldviews.
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Writing has been supported by the following grants: the Kone Foundation (RD, ME, JP); Strategic Research Council Finland grants 327284 (TK) and 313015 (MS); and ERC grant COMPLEX-FISH 770884 (TP).License
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