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ENV222H1 Lecture : last of capitalism - Anthropocentrism P1

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School of Environment
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ENV222H1
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Mairi Mac Donald

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Capitalism - con"t: efficiency vs equity - two dominant themes, efficiency: how well we function, equity: a more equitable way to function. The palgrave reading: identity based on consumption moving down from the bourgeois, notion of consumption moving down until it comes all the way down, prof: skeptical that identity is a variable - motivational factor. whether the loss of identity from years ago is still valid is up for debate. Anthropocentrism: intriguing: the real problem are these deep seeded views of the world. unexamined assumptions that are therefore a problem b/c they are unexamined: anthropocentrism: two separate components. the separation from the human and the non-human. do all species have a self-interested view of the world? (do they all think that the universe revolves only around them?) the definition of the environment is that which is outside of yourself.

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