Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

1. The Human Person in the
Environment
Jhonabie S. Cadeliña
T-II
Grade 11 – Amazon
December 13, 2022

2. The Environmental Problems in the Philippines
Let’s Watch the video presentation highlighting
the environmental problems in the Philippines

3. • What is the influence of mankind’s activities upon the world’s environment?
• Have you ever wondered about the changes happening in our environment?
• What have you noticed about the weather and your surroundings?
• Which of the following statements regarding its state are true for you and
your community?
It’s hotter now than it usually was during the summer months.
Typhoons are stronger and there is more rain during the rainy season.
We experience more flooding in our community.
We evacuate our homes more frequently due to natural calamities.
Our community is now dirtier and more disorderly compared to the past few years.
Let’s Reflect

4. Objectives
•Explain the meaning of environmental philosophy
•Interpret a paragraph of a song entitled “What a
wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong
•Appreciate the beauty of nature

5. Activity
Interpreting a paragraph of a song
•Divide yourselves into four groups.
•Choose your leader
•Each group will pick a paper containing a paragraph of a
song entitled “What aWonderfulWorld” by Louis
Armstrong and interpret its meaning through a poster.

6. Analysis
1. How did you find the activity?
2. How did the song regard the environment? How did the
song see the human person in the environment?
3.What is the tone of the song?
4.Which lyrics serve as most meaningful? Why?

7. Environmental Philosophy/ Environmental Ethics
- Discipline in philosophy that studies the moral relationship of human beings
with the environment and its non-human contents.
• Three Major Views Regarding the Relationship Between Humanity and
Environment
Anthropocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism

8. 3 Major Views Regarding the Relationship
Between Humanity and Environment
• Anthropocentrism
- Focuses on the significant role of humankind in the world in the world and considers nature as
the means by which humans are able to meet their needs and survive.
- This view believes that humans are the most important species on the planet and they are free
to transform nature and use its resources.

9. Anthropocentrism

10. 3 Major Views Regarding the Relationship
Between Humanity and Environment
• Biocentrism
- Humans are not only significant species on the planet, and that all
organisms have inherent value and should be protected.
- This view drives the activities of humane organizations that advocate the
ethical treatment of animals.

11. Biocentrism

12. • Ecocentrism
- Humankind is part of a greater biological system or community and that we have
a significant role as stewards or guardians of nature.
- This view also promotes the idea that order and balance in nature brings about
stability and beauty.
- Deep Ecology and Gaia Hypothesis, philosophical views that emphasized the
important role of the interaction between the living and non-living components of
the environment.
3 Major Views Regarding the Relationship
Between Humanity and Environment

13. Ecocentrism

14. • Environmental aesthetics
- Philosophical view that believes in
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.
• Environmentalism
- One important development that arose
during the late twentieth century.
- Perspective that advocates action to
address the growing environmental
problems.
Environmental Ethics
- Moral approach that analyzes the
relationship between humans and the
environment.
- Emerged in the 1970’s, advocating
human responsibility and actions with
regard to environmental issues.

15. Environmental Ethics
• Main Ideas
All non human elements of the world, including animals and natural
resources, have intrinsic value and should be preserved.
The preservation of the environment will benefit humans by providing for
the needs of present and future generations.
Humankind has a responsibility to safeguard the planet as stewards of
creation.

16. Environmental EthicsViews
• Social Ecology
- Applies an ecological and ethical
approach in analyzing society, and
sees a relationship between social
problems and environmental
problems.
• Environmental Justice
- The fair distribution of environmental
benefits, as well as the burden of
meeting environmental challenges.
Climate Ethics
Climate Justice
• Environmental Aesthetics
- Concepts of beauty in nature in the
context of maintaining and balance in
the environment

17. • Sustainability Development/Sustainability
- This concept focuses on reconciling human activities and economic
development with the protection of the environment.
- Wise decisions regarding the use of natural resources to ensure that there is
still enough left for future use.

18. Sustainability’s 3 Important Principles
• Environmental Integrity
- Maintaining the state of environment.
• Economic Efficiency
- Prudence in decision-making regarding
the use of resources to ensure that
there is minimum to zero waste.
• Equity
- Use our natural resources in such
manner that these are conserved so
that the next generation will be able to
use them.

19. Values That Can Guide Us in Personal Use of
Resources
• Prudence
- Ability to regulate one’s actions and behavior.
• Frugality
- Being thrifty with the use of one’s resources.
As human persons, it is our responsibility to treat with respect not only
our fellow humans, but also everything in our world.

20. Application
1. Using the pictures that will be provided to you,
make a collage that shows your idea on how to
protect and save mother earth.

21. Rubric
Creativity 10
Relevance to the topic 5
Arrangement of pictures 5
TOTAL 20

22. Assessment
1.) This view considers man is the most important species on the planet.
A. Humanism
B. Anthropocentrism
C. Humanocentrism
2.) The branch of Philosophy that is concerned with the natural environment and
humanity’s place in it.
A. Environment Philosophy
B. Environmental Philosophy
C. Environmentalism

23. Assessment
3.) This view believes that all organisms have inherent worth and should be valued
and protected.
A. Biocentrism
B. Ecocentrism
C. Naturalism
4.) This view places great value in ecosystem and biological communities.
A. Egocentrism
B. Biocentrism
C. Ecocentrism

24. Assessment
5.) Philosophical views that emphasized the important role of the interaction between the
living and non-living components of the environment.
A. Deep Ecology & Gaia Hypothesis
B. Deep Web & Gaia Theory
C. Social Ecology & Gaia Hypothesis
6.) Philosophical view that believes in 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.
A. Nature Ethics
B. Environmental Ethics
C. Environmental Aesthetics

25. Assessment
7.) Perspective that advocates action to address the growing environmental
problems.
A. Environmentalism
B. Environmentalist
C. Environmental
8.) Moral approach that analyzes the relationship between humans and the
environment.
A. Nature Ethics
B. Environmental Ethics
C. Environmental Aesthetics

26. Assessment
9.) This concept focuses on reconciling human activities and economic
development with the protection of the environment.
A. Personal Development
B. Sustainability Development
C. Ecological Development
10.) The fair distribution of environmental benefits, as well as the burden of
meeting environmental challenges.
A. Judgement
B. Environmental Sharing
C. Environmental Justice

27. Assessment
11-13. What are the three important principles of Sustainability?
11.
12.
13.
14-15. the two important values that can guide us in our personal use of
resources.
14.
15.

28. Image File Formats:
GIF – Graphic interchange format – images with
basic animation
JPEG – Joint Photographic Expert Group
TIFF –Tag Image File Format
CMYK – cyan, magenta, yellow, key(black)
PNG – Portable Network Graphic
BMP - Bitmap

29. Assignment
1. Make an acrostic using the word ENVIRONMENT
on how you can save and protect mother earth.
Write your output in a ½ crosswise.

30. Thank You and God Bless