The best of all possible worlds

Abstract

The current devastation of the planet requires, today more than yesterday, both the creation of strategies, projects, agreements; as well as individuals, institutions and governments that, together with technological and scientific innovation, can stop the imminent debacle. However, it is necessary to consider, on the one hand, the political and economic interests that are agitated behind any social demands; on the other, that even in the apparently peaceful exchange of opinions, or their materialization in contractual instruments, there is an underlying danger of falling into infamies supposedly already overcome, especially when exhaustible natural resources are involved. For this reason, the objective of this article is to highlight, from a hermeneutical process, the strategies used by the political and economic elites with a view to the appropriation of resources, and thus unveil the plethora of hidden meanings behind the ancient debate on the biosphere. With the above, it is hoped that the need for a critical-dialectical stance and epistemology will be justified, since, otherwise, our demands, including those of scientific and technological knowledge, can degenerate impositions on our existence.