Sheena Estelle B. Lovitos

QUESTION:
Are valuables (people and the rest of the world): anthropogenic (comes from man) anthropometric (man is the center of all things in the world) ecocentric (world is at the center and man is just one of the things in the world)

ESSAY:

In order to attack this essay, we will first define the three elements

http://www.academia.edu/1476524/Environmental_Ethics_Between_Anthropocentrism_and_Ecocentrism

Introduction
Environmental ethics is defined as the moral relationship between humans and the natural environment
(Buzzle 2011). It is an area of environmental philosophy that faces a lot of conflict due to the various subdivisions in terms of ethical perceptions. For traditional and religious views, some people believe that they were given dominion over nature’s plants and anima ls to serve their needs. The idea of a human- centered nature, or anthropocentrism, explicitly states that humans are the sole bearers of intrinsic value and all other living things are there to sustain humanity’s existence
(MacKinnon 2007, p. 331). The
‘ecological footprint’
(Gaston 2005, p. 239) that resulted from humans
’
greediness has lead over the decades to massive alteration in nature’s balance
, as well as to many recognizable environmental crises the world is facing today. By contrast, ecocentrism recognizes a nature-centered system of values, and extends the inherent worth to all living things regardless of their usefulness to humans (MacKinnon
2007, p. 336). It is believed that the human race have the responsibility to all biological life on Earth because, aside from being the most consuming specie of all, they are capable of thinking and perceiving
Earth as a whole.
Humans’ ill
-treatment towards the environment is not only drastically altering the ecosystem, but also threatening human s’ survival;