Lesson 4 Flashcards
What is Anthropocentrism?
Philosophical viewpoint arguing that human beings are the central
Or most significant
entities in the world. Nature serves the interest of man.
The actualization of the value of things depends on the moral criterion set forth by human standards
Man is the telos (ultimate aim) of things around him.
Self-ending
Man stand at the center of everything
Self-centering
Man is the loci (focus) of fundamental value
Idolizes himself
Political and ethical movement that seeks to improve and protect the quality of the natural environment through changes to environmentally harmful human activities.
Living things other than humans, and the environment, are deserving of consideration in reasoning about the morality of political, economic, and social policies. This aims to preserve the natural environment and renewable resources.
Environmentalism
Two forms that can show in enviromentalism
Formal effort and Radical environmentalism
Humans do not have a full ownership of the things around them. Man is a care-taker of his environment. God created things around him.
Enviromental stewardship
God dwells in every creation.
As a steward, man should instill the sense of responsibility
Finding God in all things
NOT an instrument
Nature is not an object not a commodity. Nature has an intrinsic value.
Value of nature
Philosophical reflection that regards humanity as only an equal part of the global ecology.
Humans must radically change their relationship to nature from one that values nature solely for its usefulness to human beings to one that recognizes that nature has an inherent value.
Deep ecology
Gain a spiritual relation with nature.
People grow with nature
Self-realization
Everything is part of a whole. All things are one with equal value.
Bio-centric equality
Radical re-evaluation of human nature is needed.
Ecological self
Achieved through the inter-relatedness of the species as co-inhabitants in the planet.
Ecological balance
Social movement seeking to address the inequitable distribution of environmental hazards among the poor and minorities.
Climate Justice
2 forms of Climate Justice
Inter-generational and Intra-generational
Implies our moral obligation to the rights of the future generation.
An obligation to pass on to the future, in the name of justice, a world where it would be possible to survive.
Inter-generational justice
Implies our moral obligation to the rights of the present generation.
Idea of Fairness.
What we do
individually/collectively
affects the lives of others.
Intra-generational justice
We recognize the otherness of the environment
One’s action is for the good of the other, not for one’s own.
Nature is a subject, not an object
ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY
