ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS FOSTERED IN RUSKIN BOND’S DUST ON THE MOUNTAIN

Abstract

The main function of literature, according to Plato and many other classical writers, is to teach and then delight. They emphasized the importance of the moral in literature. It should teach and then to transform individuals for the betterment of the self and for the society. The term ‘Environmental Ethics’ comes under Eco criticism. It lays emphasis on the values that human beings should follow to protect the environment and the organisms that live in it. Modern writers, understanding the sad plight of the degradation of environment, writes about the ethical practices that human beings should follow to preserve and protect the environment. This paper focuses on the ethical values that human beings need to follow and that which is emphasized by Ruskin Bond in his short story Dust on the Mountain. Ruskin Bond wants the readers to get the awareness of environment and wants them to be ethical in matters related to using the natural resources.

Key Words: Ecology, environmental ethics, eco criticism, depletion, preservation