Anthropocentrism, in its original connotation in environmental ethics, is the belief that value is human-centred and that all other beings are means to human ends. Environmentally -concerned authors have argued that anthropocentrism is ethically wrong and at the root of ecological crises. Some environmental ethicists argue, however, that critics of anthropocentrism are misguided or even misanthropic. They contend: first that criticism of anthropocentrism can be counterproductive and misleading by failing to distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate human interests. Second, that humans differ greatly in their environmental impacts, and consequently, addressing human inequalities should be a precondition for environmental protection. Third, since ecosystems constitute the “life-support system” for humans, anthropocentrism can and should be a powerful motivation for environmental protection. Fourth, human self-love is not only natural but helpful as a starting point for loving others, including nonhumans. Herein we analyze such arguments, agreeing with parts of them while advancing four counter-arguments. First, redefining the term anthropocentrism seems to be an attempt to ignore behavior in which humans focus on themselves at the risk of the planet. Second, if addressing human inequalities is a precondition for environmental protection, biodiversity protection will remain out of the scope of ethical consideration for an indefinite period of time. Third, anthropocentric motivations can only make a positive contribution to the environment in situations where humans are conscious of a direct benefit to themselves. Fourth, ‘self-love’ alone is an inadequate basis for environmental concern and action. We also explore the question of agency, shared responsibility, and a fair attribution of blame for our environmental predicaments.
*सर्वयोनिषु कौन्तेय मूर्तयः सम्भवन्ति याः ।* *तासां ब्रह्म महद्योनिरहं बीजप्रदः पिता ॥४॥* *sarva-yoniṣu kaunteya* *mūrtayaḥ sambhavanti yāḥ* *tāsāṁ brahma mahad yonir* *ahaṁ bīja-pradaḥ pitā* *It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kuntī, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed-giving father.* *विद्याविनयसम्पन्ने* *ब्राह्मणे* *गवि* *हस्तिनि** |* *शुनि* *चैव* *श्वपाके* *च* *पण्डिता**: **समदर्शिन**: || **18||* *vidya-vinaya-sampanne brahmane gavi hastini shuni chaiva shva-pake cha panditah sama-darshinah* *BG 5.18: The truly learned, with the eyes of divine knowledge, see with equal vision a Brahmin, a cow, an elephant, a dog, and a dog-eater.* *र्वभूतस्थमात्मानं* *सर्वभूतानि* *चात्मनि** |* *ईक्षते* *योगयुक्तात्मा* *सर्वत्र* *समदर्शन**: || **29||* *sarva-bhuta-stham atmanam sarva-bhutani chatmani ikshate yoga-* *BG 6.29: The true yogis, uniting their consciousness with God, see with equal eye, all living beings in God and God in all living beings.* Thus, ALL CENTRISMS RIGHT FROM HELIO CENTRIC ONWARDS ARE JARGONS; THERE IS NO INEYALITY AMONG THE SOULS BUT DIFFERNTIATED ONLY AMONG THE HUMAN. AS ALL ARE PRAKRITHIS ARE PRAKRTHIC-CENTRISM, WELLBEING OF ALL LIE IN MAINTAINING THE PRAKRITHI AS A THANKS GIVING ACT. EVEN INDEATH WE SAY “HE/SHE IS DEAD; MEANING THAT THEER ARE TWO INCIDENTS; ONE HE/SHE; AND 2 THE DEATH; NEXT, WE SAY THE BODY SHALL BE BURIED; BURNT. AGAIN, IT MEANS THE DEATH IS CONFIRMED AS THE “he” OR “she” IS NOMORE. THE REMAINING BODY IS USELESS SO CONSUME TO FIRE OR EARTTH. VEDAS CALL IT AS FOOD. YOGI LEVELS ARE ADDRESSED DIFFRENTLY. HE AND SHE IS THE SOUL LEAVING THE BODY BEHIND. HENCE EQUALITY AMONG THE SOULS AND INEQUALITY AMONG THE BODIES DO EXIST. KR IRS 231022 On Sun, 23 Oct 2022 at 06:50, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote: > > > -- > *Mar*The Socialistic Attitude > > > > Socialism means the realization that every life form contributes to > enlightenment by inhaling smell messages from all and exhaling the learning > by smells. Every life form is a source of enlightenment. Socialism is not > Anthropocentrism. The human is a component organism of Gaia the planet > earth, on/in which all live. Living means participating in the living > symbiotically by every life form and participating in the living of Gaia, > as Gaia. > > Socialism happens naturally and every organism feels the socialism, by > inhaling the smell messages from the other organisms, in lush and free > nature and exhaling the smell responses leading to the grand symbiosis of > emotions and feelings. Every organism automatically knows and gets its > needs via breathing, smelling and sensing. Within our bodies no individual > cell is favored or discriminated against. Similarly in free nature no > organism is left out. There is continuous emotional relating and meeting of > needs-a basic feature of nature. > > In free nature, there is no scope for any negative feelings-fear, > uncertainty, envy, competition, anthropocentric economics, human economic > life as the routine destruction of nature…, as inhalation and exhalation, > creates the positive flow of rapture. Musing becomes music. > > Every organism prospers by growing emotionally and healthily. The tiny > plant with its tiny flower participates in the emotional and cosmic > symbiosis, along with every other life or emotion forms and also cosmic > forms via quantum entanglement. One need not search for gravitational waves > in the Universe. One can feel the mutual emotional attraction among the > organisms, which gravitate towards each other emotionally. There is no need > for the flamboyant theories about the gravitational waves, which resulted > because two black holes collided. The Universe is in fact full of worm > holes or shortcut solutions, via quantum entanglement. What all one needs > is to make one’s mind blank and inhale and exhale in lush nature, or team > up with nature, so that negativism does not block nature. > > It is for every University to change studies towards nature’s symbiosis, > and start feeling nature instead of keeping distant from nature to observe > without emotional relation, and manipulate nature with mechanization. > > YM > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CAL5XZooYv2S20L%2BV8PtDHxVcX46Kwg80k%3DSHLZ_kJ9jvUxLj3w%40mail.gmail.com.
