1. Human Person in the Environment
Human Person
A human person is a living being that contains a real and
existing to direct its own development
toward fulfilment through perfect, unconditional, and infinite
truth, love, goodness, beauty, and
unity, and will do so if all the proper conditions are met.
(Spitzer 1999)
2. Environment
It is 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.
(Endriga 2017)
This means that as human person, we interact not only
with our fellow human beings, but also
with other living and non-living elements in our
environment. Like other sciences, philosophy also
seeks to explore the relationship between humanity and
the environment through environmental
philosophy or environmental ethics.
3. Environmental Philosophy or Environmental Ethics
Environmental philosophy or environmental ethics as defined by Abella
(2016), is the discipline
that studies the moral relationship of human beings with the
environment and its non-human
contents.
He also described environmental philosophers as philosophers who
tackle issues that is related
to humanity’s role in the natural world, the interaction between nature
and human activities, and
humanity’s response to environmental challenges. And that
environmental philosophers have radical
views which argue that a paradigm shift or cultural revolution is what
will save all from ecological
crisis.
5. DEEP ECOLOGY
For this theory, ecological crisis is an outcome of
anthropocentrism, which is already discussed.The
controlling attitude of humankind is extended to
nature, when in fact, humanity is part of
nature.Deep ecologists encourage humanity to
shift away from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism.
6. SOCIAL ECOLOGY
For this theory, ecological crisis results from
authoritarian social structures.Destroying
nature is a reflection wherein few people
overpower others while exploiting the
environment for profit or self interest.
7. SOCIAL ECOLOGY
Social ecologists call for small scale
societies which recognize that
humanity is linked with the well being
of the natural world in which human
life depends
8. ECOFEMINISM
Male traits as in the anthropocentric
model are superior as opposed to
female traits as in the ecocentric
model
