THE EPISTEMIC VALUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE

Abstract

Given the indispensable role of a healthy environment to humans, the need to forestall environmental pollution and crises through profound epistemic awareness becomes exigent. The reason for this discourse is to nip in the bud those factors exacerbating environmental injustice through practical education of communities impacted by environmental pollution. Such education, provides the members of the communities with justification for fostering environmental justice. While exploring the central thesis of this work, the method of analysis becomes crucial in achieving the objective of this work. This method clarifies basic terms and presents and evaluates scholars’ stances on environmental justice. The method of analysis also helps chart a trajectory to environmental justice among communities impacted greatly.