Posted by alexandra_k on November 26, 2004, at 22:45:15
In reply to Thats great Cass, thanks (nm), posted by alexandra_k on November 26, 2004, at 22:39:09
Actually this issue first came up for me when I studied 'Environmental Ethics'. That was a fair few years ago now though.
I remember reading stuff on an 'athropocentric' as opposed to 'e?????pocentric' worldview.
The athropocentric (human centered) world view is promoted by the idea that humans are the 'most evolved' of the species, and / or the idea that god gave us the animals to use however we want.
The other one (can't remember what it is called) puts the ecosystem at the center of the worldview.
"The Land Ethic" is a major for advocating this one. From the perspective of the land ethic 'massive human diebacks would be good' (for the ecosystem).
The universe doesn't revolve around us humans.
We have reason to refrain from doing harm.
Not cunning to exploit...
Or at least, we have the choice
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