ENVS 1030 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Land Ethic, Risk Assessment, Wingspread
22 Dec 2016
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The answer to this question in uences how we treat nature and deal with environmental issues. Different world views can lead to different answers . Terms to know: environmentalist views on these philosophies. Anthropocentrism: generally, viewed very negatively; an inadequate basis for sound environmental policy, because it does not recognize the moral standing or intrinsic value of non-human animals and plants, endangered species or ecosystems. Sentientism: generally, viewed very negatively; although it recognizes the moral standing of sentient animals, because neither ecosystems nor endangered species are conscious, it neglects them. Biocentrism: still some criticism of this view by environmentalist thinkers. Since neither species nor ecosystems are literally living organisms, neither have moral standing or intrinsic value according to biocentrism, which is individualistic (i. e. pertains to individual organisms) Holism/ecocentrism: favourite view of environmental thinkers, largely because it is seen as lacking the very faults listed for the other views.
