ecojustice
Etymology
From eco- + justice.
ecojustice means A form of justice that considers the rights of organisms and the natural environment in addition to those of human beings. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why this word is great
ECOJUSTICE — [Noun] A form of justice that considers the rights of organisms and the natural environment in addition to those of human beings. From eco- (prefix relating to ecology or the environment, from Greek oikos, "house" or "habitat") + justice (from Latin iustitia, "righteousness, equity"), it is the moral expansion of fairness beyond human borders. Unlike "environmental justice" (which redistributes harms and benefits among people) or "ecocentrism" (which elevates nature for its own sake), ecojustice seeks to weave non-human life into the fabric of legal and ethical accountability. It is the courtroom where a river is granted personhood, the policy that halts deforestation not for carbon credits but for the beetles and fungi beneath the bark, and the quiet reckoning that asks: if harm to the voiceless goes unpunished, can any justice be whole?
noun
- A form of justice that considers the rights of organisms and the natural environment in addition to those of human beings.