Lesson 4 Flashcards
Is the discipline that studies the moral relationships of human beings with the environment and its non human contents
Environmental philosophy
A change from mythical explanation of the origins of the cosmos to a more rational explanation
Paradigm shift
2 models of environmental philosophy
-Anthropocentric model
-Ecocentric model
Humans are superior and central to the universe
Anthropocentric model
presenting the totality of estth biodiversity
ecocentric model
Ancient times
Anaximander
Phythagoras
is a pre-socratic philosopher and scientists saidnaboutnthe creation-detruction
Anaximander
According to him the sketch of the genesis of the world is
Anaximander
Cosmology
is inderrminate-boudless in the sense that no boundaries between the warm and or the moist and dry regions are originally present within
Nature
according to him, universe is a living embodiment of natures order, harmony and beauty
Pythagoras
love of other living things
Biophilia
love for living beings
cosmophilia
modern thinkers
Imannuel kant
Herbert Marcuse
beauty is the ultimate symbol of
Morality (goodness)
he believes that the orderliness of nature and the harmony of nature with our faculties guide us toward a deeper religious perspective
Immanuel Kant