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Origin of term
editThe ecocentric ethic was conceived by Aldo Leopold[1] and recognizes that all species, including humans, are the product of a long evolutionary process and are inter-related in their life processes.[2] The writings of Aldo Leopold and his idea of the land ethic and good environmental management are a key element to this philosophy. Ecocentrism focuses on the biotic community as a whole and strives to maintain ecosystem composition and ecological processes.[3] The term also finds expression in the first principle of the deep ecology movement, as formulated by Arne Næss and George Sessions in 1984[4] which points out that anthropocentrism, which considers humans as the center of the universe and the pinnacle of all creation, is a difficult opponent for ecocentrism.[5][6] Others suggest that ecocentrism is "anti-human."[7] Ecocentrists believes that environmental and social systems are entwined.
Technocentrism
editEcocentrism is also contrasted with technocentrism (meaning values centred on technology) as two opposing perspectives on attitudes towards human technology and its ability to affect, control and even protect the environment. Ecocentrics, including "deep green" ecologists, see themselves as being subject to nature, rather than in control of it. They lack faith in modern technology and the bureaucracy attached to it. Ecocentrics will argue that the natural world should be respected for its processes and products, and that low impact technology and self-reliance is more desirable than technological control of nature.[8] Technocentrics, including imperialists, have absolute faith in technology and industry and firmly believe that humans have control over nature.[9] Although technocentrics may accept that environmental problems do exist, they do not see them as problems to be solved by a reduction in industry. Rather, environmental problems are seen as problems to be solved using science. Indeed, technocentrics see that the way forward for developed and developing countries and the solutions to our environmental problems today lie in scientific and technological advancement.[8] There is also a claim suggesting that anthropocentrism is a "difficult opponent for ecocentrism."[10] Anthopocentrism believes that natural resources should be derived by human beings for economic benefits. This claim is argued by ecocentrists that nature is a part of the human world and that "man is part of the nature and nature is allowed to take its own course and there is no human intervention in the natural progress."
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- ^ Booth, D.E. 1992. The economics and ethics of old growth forests. Environmental Ethics 14: 43-62.
- ^ Arne Næss|Naess, Arne & Sessions, George 1984. "A Deep Ecology Eight Point Platform" cited in Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Readings on the Philosophy and Practice of the New Environmentalism, ed. George Sessions, Shambhala, Boston and London, 1995.
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