Person in the Environment Flashcards
_______ was a meeting place between the East and West. Greek Philosophy may have Oriental as well as Egyptian and Babylonian influences.
Ionia
humans are superior and central to the universe.
Anthropocentric model-
-provides meaning of our morals and values.
Ecocentric model
The domination of humanity is linked to the domination of nature. Sometimes, humans adopt an exploitative attitude whenever nature is an instrument for one’s profit or gain.
A.Notice Disorder in the Universe.
B.Notice things that are not in their Proper Place and Organize them in Aesthetic Way
Ancient Thinkers
Modern Thinkers
Early Greek philosophers, the ____________ regarded nature as spatially without boundaries.
Milesians
__________ employed the term boundless. Creation and Destruction —(cosmogony) sketch of the genesis of the world. The evolution of the world begins with the generation of opposites in a certain region of nature, differentiate itself into a cold moist mass surrounded by a roughly spherical shell of the warm-dry.
Anaximander
_________ described the universe as living embodiment of nature’s order, harmony and beauty. He sees our relationship with the universe involving biophilia (love of other living things) and cosmophilia(love of other living beings).
Phythagoras
Critique of Judgement expresses that beauty is ultimately a symbol of morality. We must ignore any practical motives or inclinations that we have instead contemplate the object without being distracted by our desires.
Immanuel Kant
Humanity had dominated the nature. There can only be change if we will change our attitude towards our perception in the environment.
Herbert Marcuse
George Herbert Mead As human beings we do not have only rights but duties. We are not only citizens of the community but how we react to this community and in our reaction to it, change it.
George Herbert Mead
THEORIES TO SHOW CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
a.Deep Ecology
b.Social Ecology
c.Ecofeminism
A controlling attitude of humankind is extended to nature, when in fact, humanity is part of nature. Deep ecologist encourages humanity to shift away from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism.
a.Deep Ecology
These result to authoritarian social structures. Destroying nature is a reflection wherein few people overpower others exploiting the environment for profit or self-interest.
b.Social Ecology
These theories value the care, conservation, preservation of nature and humanity.
c.Ecofeminism