PHILOSOPHY - Lesson 3.2

• Human Person in Their Environment

  I. Environmental Philosophy

  1. Human ~ Anthropocentrism ~ Judician beliefs
  2. Living organisms ~ Biocentrism
  3. All ~ Ecocentrism
• 1. Judeo - Christian

  • Steward - highest and allowed to use what God made.
• 2. All living organisms are important.
• 3. Ecology
• II. Radical Ecological Philosophy

  1. Deep ecology
  2. Social ecology
  3. Ecofeminism
• 1. Arne Naess

  • all things have intrinsic worth and value.
  • anthropocentrism > ecocentrism
• 2. Murray Bookchin

  • ecology connects to social problems.
  • people in power exploits the environment.
• 3. Francoise d' Eaubone

  • struggle with patriarchy.
• Prudence - thinking critically
• Frugality - being thrifty