THE HUMAN PERSON

IN THE
ENVIRONMENT
• ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY DISCIPLINE THAT
STUDY'S THE MORAL RELATIONSHIP OF HUMAN
BEINGS WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS NON -
HUMAN CONTENTS.
∆ PHILOSOPHERS BELIEVE THAT THE HUMAN PERSON
HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE THE ENVIRONMENT TO
SUIT HIS PURPOSES.
∆ THIS MEANS THAT AS HUMAN PERSON, WE INTERACT
NOT ONLY WITH OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, BUT
ALSO WITH OTHER LIVING AND NON-LIVING
THREE MAJOR VIEWS ON THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN HUMANITY AND THE
ENVIRONMENT
1. ANTHROPOCENTRISM
2. BIOCENTRISM
3. ECOCENTRISM
 1. 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.
 2. BIOCENTRISM

- BELIEVES THAT HUMANS ARE NOT, ONLY SIGNIFICANT

SPECIES ON THE PLANET, AND THAT ALL ORGANISMS HAVE
INHERENT VALUE AND SHOULD BE PROTECTED.
 3. ECOCENTRISM

- PLACE GREAT VALUE ON ECOSYSTEM AND BIOLOGICAL

COMMUNITIES.
 ENVIRONMENTAL AESTHETIC

-PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW THAT BELIEVES MAINTAINING

ORDER IN THE ENVIRONMENT WILL BRING OUT THE
NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE SURROUNDINGS AND
CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL-BEING OF THE PEOPLE AND
OTHER ORGANISMS LIVING IN IT.
 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

- MEETING
THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT
COMPROMISING THE NEEDS OF THE FUTURE GENERATION.
THANK YOU!