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    The document discusses approaches to environmental ethics and the attribution of moral consideration to humans and non-humans. It explains anthropocentrism, which focuses on human needs and views nature as instrumental, panthocentrism which extends consideration to sentient animals, biocentrism which believes all organisms have inherent value, and holism/ecocentrism which assigns moral value to whole ecosystems.

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    The Human

    Person in their
    Environment
    Prepared by: Ms. Carbelyn M. Barte, LPT
    ◉ What is the significance of the criterion of
    moral consideration in environmental
    ethics?
    ◉ What are the different and contrasting
    approaches in philosophy? What are the
    pressing environmental issues that should
    be given attention?
    ◉ What can we do to mitigate these
    problems?
    Approaches to
    Environmental
    Ethics
    3
    ◉ Why is there now a need for everyone to seriously
    consider taking care of the environment?
    ◉ In the preservation, conservation, and restoration
    of the environment, do humans have to be given
    priority over all the other inhabitants of our planet?
    Why?
    ◉ Could people live in a healthy environment if there
    are no other living creatures around? Explain your
    answer?
    ◉ How does “respect for nature”come into play in
    an anthropocentric view of things?
    Environmental
    Ethics
    Environmental Ethics is the discipline in Philosophy that
    studies the moral relationship of human beings to, and
    also the value and moral status of, the environment and
    its non-human contents (Stanford Encylopedia of
    Philosophy, n.d).

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    Include the process of of attributing moral consideration
    not only to human beings but to non-humans as well.

    7
    Land Ethic
    Giving importance to land as an
    entity that should be given due
    respect and love.

    Aldo Leopold
    American Conservationist and Forester 8
    Thus, an action is right and therefore, moral, when it has
    the tendency to preserve the integrity, stability, and
    beauty of the biotic community; and wrong when it
    does the opposite which is destruction.
    Environmental Problems and
    Future Generations (Article)
    1. Dealt wisely using resoources
    together with protection of
    natural monuments or protected
    areas
    2. Dealt with the destruction of
    natural environments and
    pollution
    3. Deal with the possibility of
    Bryan Norton cataclysms
    10 or catastrophes
    Distinguished Professor Emeritus of
    philosophy and environmental policy
    With Environmental Ethics, morality
    extends to non-human world

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    Attribution to Moral
    Consideration and their
    Corresponding Approaches
    INTRINSIC VALUE
    Inherent worth in itself
    It is valuable or good for its own sake

    INSTRUMENTAL VALUE
    Used to achieve a certain end
    Means toward achieving a certain end

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    The wide-ranging issues and debates on
    environmental ethics on the correct thing to do
    regarding preservation, conservation, or restoration
    have to deal with the attribution of moral
    consideration.

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    FOUR LEVELS OF ATTRIBUTION OF MORAL
    CONSIDERATION:
    1. Anthropocentrism
    2. Panthocentrism
    3. Biocentrism
    4. Holism

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    Anthropocentrism
    ◉ Focuses on the significant role of humankind in the
    world and considers nature as the means by which
    humans are able to meet their needs and survive.

    ◉ This view believes that humans are the most


    important species on the planet and they are free
    to transform nature and use its resources.
    Anthropocentrism
    ◉ only humans are assigned intrinsic value
    ◉ considers human beings as the center of the moral
    consideration
    Panthocentrism
    ◉ Extends intrinsic value and thus moral
    consideration to higher forms of animals or
    intelligent animals such as dogs and chimpanzees
    who are sentient.

    ◉ SENTIENT means having the power of perception


    by the senses; concious
    ◉ Sentient beings therefore have the capacity to
    feel pain, and thus, suffering
    Biocentrism
    ◉ Believes that humans are not the only significant
    species on the planet, and that all other organisms
    have inherent value and should be protected.

    ◉ This view advocates ethical treatment of animals


    ◉ Intrinsic value is assigned to living things
    Holism/Ecocentrism
    ◉ Regards ecosystem as holistic entities that should
    be given moral consideration

    ◉ ECOSYSTEM is a community of living organisms in


    conjunction with the nonliving components of their
    environment interacting as a system.

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