Montoya, Balungaya, Malicad

Pre-Questions
1. What is your role in the conservation of
the Environment?
2. What is the importance of environmental
awareness in today’s society?
3. Why is it important to preserve the
Environment?
HUMAN PERSON
A living being that contains
a real and existing power to
direct its own development
toward fulfillment through
perfect, unconditional, and
infinite truth, love, goodness,
beauty, and unity, and will do so
if all the proper conditions are
met.
ENVIRONMENT
The sum total of all
surroundings of a living
organism, including
natural forces and other
living things, which
provide conditions for
development and growth
as well as of danger and
damage.
ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

“Is the discipline that studies

the moral relationship of
human beings with the
environment and its non-
human contents”
ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

“Philosophers believe that

the human person has the
ability to change the
environment to suit his
purposes”
TWO MAJOR
VIEWS
 1. ANTHROPOCENTRIC MODEL
“Humans are superior and central
to the universe, thus it is human
centered”
Philosophical viewpoint
arguing that human beings are the
central or most significant entities in
the world and they are free to
transform nature and use its
resources.
Picture Analysis
Effects of Global Warming
 The domination of humanity is
linked to the domination of nature
based on the Anthropocentric model.
An unfair or unjust utilization of the
environment result to ecological
crisis. From this view, it follows that
human arrogance toward nature is
justifiable in order to satisfy human
interest.
 Sometimes, humans
adopt an exploitive attitude
whenever nature is merely
considered as an instrument
for one’s profit or gain
2. ECOCENTRIC/BIOCENTRIC MODEL
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.
2. ECOCENTRIC/BIOCENTRIC MODEL
The ecological or
relational integrity of the
humans provides meaning
of our morals and values
and it is nature centered.
Devoted to preserving the
totality of earth’s biodiversity
and the functioning of it’s
life-supporting system.
WHICH VIEW DO YOU SUPPORT?
…additional info
There are three theories about the Eco-
centric
Model such as
Deep Ecology, Social Ecology
and Ecofeminism.
 DEEP ECOLOGY
Is an ecological philosophy developed
by Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess in
the early 1970’s asserting that all life forms
have an equal right to exist and human
needs and desires have no priority over
those of other organisms. Believes that the
living environment should be respected and
regarded as having rights to flourish,
independent of its utility to humans
 The Tenets of Deep Ecology
1. All creatures have intrinsic
value.
2. All beings, simple as well as
complex, contribute to life’s
richness
3. Humans should use other
beings only to satisfy basic
needs.
4. Human interference with the
world is excessive and
worsening.
 The Tenets of Deep Ecology
5. Human policy must change
radically in economics,
technology, ideology.
6. Animal health depends on
decreasing the number of
humans.
7. Quality of life is more important
than standard of living
8. Everyone who believes in
these tenets must work for
change
 ECOFEMINISM
Branch of Feminism that
examines the connections between
women and nature. Its name was
coined by French feminist Francoise
d’Eaubonne in 1974.
A combination of feminism and
ecology concerns, emphasizing that
both suffer from their treatment by a
patriarchal society.
ECOFEMINISM
Comes from the idea that women
and nature have significant connection
since woman most often have a close
association with nature in many
societies due to the nature of their
traditional roles.
 SOCIAL ECOLOGY
Founded by American
anarchist and libertarian socialist
author Murray Bookchin.

“The Domination of nature by

man stems from the very real
domination of human by human”
SOCIAL ECOLOGY