THE HUMAN PERSON AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT (4) Flashcards
(4 cards)
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- Disicipline that studies the moral relationships of human beings with the environment and its non-human contents.
-Tackle issues that is related to humanity’s role in the natural world, the interaction between nature and human activities, and humanity’s response to environmental challenges.
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ENVRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY
2
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-Considers humans to be the most important species with superior worth than other species.
-Human beings continually destroy and consume natural resources for their own interest to the point of degradation.
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ANTHROPOCENTRISM
3
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-This view believes that human kind is merely a portion of the biological system or community and that we have a vital role as guardians of nature.
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ECOCENTRISM
4
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-Humans are not the only important species.
-Human are equal members of the environment and that humans and other living things are independent.
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BIOCENTRISM