Environmental Worldviews
Environmental worldviews
Environmental worldviews is an individual’s belief about what one’s own role in the world should be. What is a right or wrong environmental behavior and how the world works. Because of differing worldviews, 2 people might interpret the same environmental data and reach different conclusions. Anthropocentrism is the idea that the earth and its resources exists for human consumption. People who hold the view believe that we ought to protect the earth for future generations. Anthropocentrism often focuses on fixing the problem of limited resources through the use of technology rather than a reduction in consumption. Biocentrism views animals as important beings. Stereotypically biocentrics are against harming other life forms for their own ends-many of them are vegetarians or vegans. (Agar, 2001). The anthropocentric view suggests that humans have a greater intrinsic value than other species. The view that humans have greater intrinsic value than other species also influences ethical judgments about interactions with other organisms. Another possible implication or assumption of the anthropocentric view is the belief that humans are the height of the natural evolutionary progression of species and of life. (Vilkka, 1997). The term biocentrism encompasses all environmental ethics that extend the status of moral object from human beings to all living things in nature. Biocentric ethics calls for a rethinking of the relationship between humans and nature. It states that nature does not exist simply to be used or consumed by humans, but that humans are simply one species amongst many, and that because we are part of an ecosystem, any actions which negatively affect the living systems of which we are a part adversely affect us as well, whether or not we maintain a biocentric worldview. Biocentrics believe that all species have inherent value, and that humans are not superior to other species in a moral or ethical sense. (Wikipedia).
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Environmental worldviews is an individual’s belief about what one’s own role in the world should be. What is a right or wrong environmental behavior and how the world works. Because of differing worldviews, 2 people might interpret the same environmental data and reach different conclusions. Anthropocentrism is the idea that the earth and its resources exists for human consumption. People who hold the view believe that we ought to protect the earth for future generations. Anthropocentrism often focuses on fixing the problem of limited resources through the use of technology rather than a reduction in consumption. Biocentrism views animals as important beings. Stereotypically biocentrics are against harming other life forms for their own ends-many of them are vegetarians or vegans. (Agar, 2001). The anthropocentric view suggests that humans have a greater intrinsic value than other species. The view that humans have greater intrinsic value than other species also influences ethical judgments about interactions with other organisms. Another possible implication or assumption of the anthropocentric view is the belief that humans are the height of the natural evolutionary progression of species and of life. (Vilkka, 1997). The term biocentrism encompasses all environmental ethics that extend the status of moral object from human beings to all living things in nature. Biocentric ethics calls for a rethinking of the relationship between humans and nature. It states that nature does not exist simply to be used or consumed by humans, but that humans are simply one species amongst many, and that because we are part of an ecosystem, any actions which negatively affect the living systems of which we are a part adversely affect us as well, whether or not we maintain a biocentric worldview. Biocentrics believe that all species have inherent value, and that humans are not superior to other species in a moral or ethical sense. (Wikipedia).
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References: Agar, Nicholas (2001). "Recent defenses of biocentrism". Life 's intrinsic value: science, ethics, and nature. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-11786-9. Vilkka, Leena (1997). "Biocentrism". The intrinsic value of nature. Rodopi. ISBN 978-90-420-0325-5.