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Anthropocentrism regards humans as separate from and superior to nature and holds that human life has intrinsic value while other entities (including animals, plants, mineral resources, and so on) are resources that may justifiably be exploited for the benefit of humankind.
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3 Φεβ 2022 · Anthropocentrism is the idea that humans are the most significant beings on Earth and that all other plants, animals, and objects are important only insofar as they support human survival...
12 Νοε 2015 · In this chapter, I explore in more detail the concept of anthropocentrism, review the history of its central role in the field, canvas some of the controversy it has raised, and close by making some remarks about how anthropocentrism might continue to have a vital role in environmental ethics.
However, Pojman accuses Taylor of biocentric chauvinism since his theory ascribes intrinsic value to living things only and not to nonliving things like robots, computers, cars, rocks, air and so forth.
Anthropocentrism, in its original connotation in environmental ethics, is the belief that value is human-centred and that all other beings are means to human ends. Environmentally-concerned authors have argued that anthropocentrism is ethically wrong and at the root of ecological crises.
Thus, a biocentric “life-centered” perspective seeks to abrogate the traditional and human-centered/anthropocentric ethics (pg. 465). Moreover, it maintains that humans have prima facie moral obligations toward all living organisms such as plants and animals.
28 Μαΐ 2023 · This chapter introduces the concept of anthropocentrism and its relevance for climate change: what is anthropocentrism, and what are the alternatives? In what sense is it a root cause of climate change? And to what extent are anthropocentric values reflected in...
