==Pachamama== and Buen Vivir: The Andean Philosophy of Living Well
In Quechua and Aymara thought, Pachamama is conscious and owed reciprocity. You'll work through ayni, the three worlds, and what it means for climate and extractivism.
Steps
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- Reading· ~11 min
Buen Vivir: A Philosophy of Living Well Together
How the Andean concept of Sumak Kawsay offers an alternative to development, progress, and growth as the telos of political life.
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- Reading· ~9 min
Rights of Nature and the Pluriverse
What happens when Andean ontology enters the global arena of law, politics, and planetary ethics.
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- Text Explore· ~8 min
==Pachamama== and the Right to Exist
Examine the Andean cosmovision as a philosophical foundation for the rights of nature.
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- Argument Map· ~10 min
==Pachamama=='s Philosophical Claims
Map the ontological, ethical, and political dimensions of Andean philosophy.
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- Dialogue· ~10 min
Dialogue: Can ==Pachamama== Have Rights?
Probe what it actually means to grant nature legal personhood grounded in Andean ontology.
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- Reflection· ~8 min
Reflection: Living Well
Reflect on what Buen Vivir demands and what your own idea of the good life contains.
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