PRAWA CZŁOWIEKA W EPOCE I FILOZOFII ANTROPOCENU
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE ANTHROPOCENE EPOCH AND PHILOSOPHY

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the issue of human and civil rights in the context of theAnthropocene. This is a multi-faceted, complex and very up-to-date problem. The origins ofhuman rights date back to Antiquity and the natural law concept and flourished during theEnlightenment. Nowadays, human rights have taken the form of a generation. The adventof the Anthropocene epoch (referred to as the human epoch) made mankind aware of itsdomination over nature. Human activity has led to unprecedented threats and the collapse ofthe natural environment, which is the material basis of human existence.In order to avoid the effects of the ecological crisis, it is proposed to adopt a different wayof thinking, an alternative human attitude – from anthropocentric to anti-anthropocentric. Theclassic concept of the “common good” was recalled. Planet Earth is the common good of allof us, embodies the highest good of the individuals who constitute the political community.Human rights should constitute the legal framework for environmental (including climate) law.

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