Human centered and life centered systems of environmental ethics.
Life centered system highly value the attitude of the respect for nature. It is also the well being of individual organisms having inherent worth that demonstrate our moral interaction with the earth's wild living communities. In the anthropocentric context, human actions affecting the natural environment and its non living organisms are either right or wrong if the consequences are favourable or not to human well being and compatible with the system of norms that protect human rights. In the life-centered system, which is opposed to the human-centered, in a way that humans are bound to go by and protect the perfection of natural ecosystems. This implies the preserve of endangered species and avoid pollution which will give other species the ability to maintain healthy existence
the good of a being and the concept of inherent worth.
Why accept a life-centred system?.
The first concept to examine, is the fact that living organisms have a good of their actions. In other words, these entities can be benefited or harmed. However, it does not mean that the being should have interests or take an interest in what affects its life. It may even be unaware in some cases, such as cutting trees' roots for instance. The second concept regards the idea of inherent worth. Humans take the moral attitude to respect nature only if we see them as organisms possessing inherent worth. However, according to the principle of intrinsic value that cites that, all entities, as long as it is a member of the earth's community of life, the realization of its good is something intrinsically valuable.
The attitude of respect for nature.
The attitude of respect for nature, is when rational, autonomous agents adopt a certain ultimate moral attitude toward the world that stands for the principles of moral consideration and intrinsic value and the conceive of wild living things as having that kind of worth. Adopting such attitude is making the commitment to live by certain principles. This commitment sets the framework for our responsibilities toward the environment, and anyone who does adopt it has certain steady dispositions.
- To aim for the promotion and protection of the good of organisms.
- To consider actions that are prone to realize the ends are obligatory.
Justifiability of the nature of respect for nature.
The attitude we tend to take toward the living organisms in the nature depends on our look on the. Supporting our attitude is also a belief system. In the bio-centric system, the ethic of respect for nature is made up of three components: the belief system, the ultimate moral attitude and the rules and standards of character.
In the bio centric outlook, the earth's natural ecosystems are seen as a web of interconnected elements.
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