PHIL-2217EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ecocentrism, Centrism, Anthropocentrism
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Environmental ethics biocentrism: anthropocentrism, zoocentrism / psychocentrism, biocentrism, eco centrism. Taylors bio centric egalitarianism: humans are members of the earths community of living things, the biosphere is a complex web of causally interdependent systems, each living this is a teleological center of life. Telos aim, purpose: humans are not superior to others. Can be replaced but usually with commercially valuable monocultures. A monoculture is decidedly not a forest. Objections: recognition that all living things have good of their own moral claim that puts duties on us a. b. i. e. beating a dog because it gives you pleasure writing your name on a tree. Is the wanton destruction of art or statute bad? (apart from the value attached by humans) Land ethic: mainstream modern ethics have been made too egocentric, zoocentrism, individualistic. Individual to land (land ethic: moral consider ability for the community per se not just members of it.
