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- Title
TOPLUM SÖZLEŞMESİNİN KÖR NOKTASI VE MICHEL SERRES'İN ÇAĞRISI: DOĞAYLA SÖZLEŞME.
- Authors
CANASLAN, Eylem
- Abstract
The subject of this article is Michel Serres's concept of the natural contract. Serres proposes this concept because he finds that theories of the social contract ignore the connection of human beings with nature. He argues that nature should be a subject of rights, that its rights impose duties on us, and that on the basis of these duties, a contract should be invented that reorganizes our relations with nature in law, politics, and science. The aim of this article is to examine his argument and clarify its philosophical framework and conceptual components. There are two reasons for this goal: The first is related to the criticism of Serres's imprecision and incomprehensibility. Serres has a distinctive literary style. He does not write in analytical order and with the usual academic references. However, this does not mean that his intellectual production is ambiguous and uncertain. The article will show that the natural contract is a very precise and rigid concept and can be presented in an analytical order. The second reason is related to the insufficient research of Serres's philosophy in Turkey. Our article should also help to remedy this deficiency. It is divided into four sections. The introductory section highlights Serres's anti-war position. The first section explains his distinction between "objective violence" and "subjective war" and points to the Epicurean and Lucretian roots of his contract model. The second section is devoted to the conceptual components of the natural contract. This section argues that Serres's proposal is not a metaphor, discusses its differences from environmentalism, and explains concepts such as "epistemodicy", "The Third-Instructed", and "symbiosis". In addition, this section examines the parallelism Serres identifies between pollution and property, as well as his call for a transition from property to rent. Finally, the conclusion addresses the relationship between Serres's proposal and current legislation.
- Publication
Academic Journal of Philosophy / Felsefi Düşün, 2022, Issue 19, p68
- ISSN
2148-0958
- Publication type
Article