Mining Work Contract and the Environment: A Philosophical Approach

Abstract

This study aims to critically describe the mining contract of work using the perspective of environmental philosophy, as well as to formulate a reflective mining contract of work oriented to the eco-humanist paradigm. This study uses a qualitative approach through a literature study of the contract of work of PT. Freeport and PT. Newmont, as well as other related literature. Data analysis in this study used Nvivo 12 analysis and a hermeneutic approach. The results of this study show that nature, the environment, and local (customary) communities have not been positioned as subjects in the mining contract of work. Overall, the contract of work tends to emphasize the interests of the company and the state. In other words, the philosophical basis for the formulation of the contract of work is very anthropocentric rather than eco-humanist, which places all elements involved in mining activities in balance. In addition, the mining contract of work of PT. Freeport and PT. Newmont has not included or accommodated religious principles as a principle in contracting. This religious principle is representation of the values of Pancasila, especially the first principle, which is the ideological and philosophical foundation of the nation and state.