Integral education and a culture of care: framing an ecological ethics education in the Philippines according to Laudato sí

As an emerging field in science ethics, ecological ethics recognises the values of human and nonhuman nature and the ethical dimension to various ecological relationships. More than a decade after the promulgation of the encyclical, Laudato si’, its teachings, principles and reflections are far from being realised. Ironically, the current global environmental degradation continues to accelerate at a faster pace. In response to the global ecological crisis, Laudato si’ centres on its notion of integral ecology, which offers a transformative theological, ethical, and pedagogical framework. This paper analyses Laudato si’s conceptual elaboration of integral ecology as a moral and pedagogical principle, ultimately providing a framework for an Ecological Ethics Education in the Philippines.