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The Human Person
in the Environment
1. Have you ever wondered
about the changes happening in
our environment?
2. What have you noticed about
the weather and your
surroundings ?
• It is 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 in our
community.
Our world is changing not
for the better but for worse
And humanity is responsible
for this 
Did you feel at peace with yourself and the
world?
Did you feel that you were one with
nature?
• Humankind is part of the
world ,and we significantly
affect our environment in the
same way that changes in
our environment affect us.
• Philosophy also seeks to
explore the relationship
between humanity and
the environment.
Environmental Philosophy/
Environmental Ethics
The discipline in Philosophy that
studies moral relationship of human
beings with the environment and its
non-human contents.
Environmental Philosophers
tackle issues such as humanity’s
role in the natural world ,the
interaction between nature and
human activities, and humanity’s
response to environmental
challenges
Philosophers believe that the
person has a special relationship
with nature .
The person has the ability to
change the environment to suit
his or her purposes.
The early history of
humankind shows that
wherever humans came
together to for communities,
the landscape and the
environment changed.
It is an orderly environment
where human persons thrive
best.
Disorder can give rise to
several problems and
challenges for humankind.
As a rational being, the
person is not only capable of
transforming the world, but
also of understanding the
laws which govern nature.
It can be said that the world is
a text which the person can
read and understand in order
to live a better life.
Because of the ability to
“access” nature, the role of
the person in relation to it can
take on different things.
• as an object
• a source of raw materials to be
used as he/she pleases
• something that envelopes and
surrounds people, and has a special
and unique relationship with it
• It can be linked to a blank canvass
that needs to be painted on.
• Persons have unique ability of
cultivating nature .
• Persons can help the environment
become greater that what it originally
is if they take the task
There are three major views regarding the
relationship between humanity and the
environment
Anthropocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism
ANTHROPOCENTRI
SM
- focuses on the significant role of
humankind in the world and
considers nature as a means by
which humans are able to meet
ANTHROPOCENTRI
SM
-believes that humans are the
most important species on the
planet and they are free to
transform nature and use its
BIOCENTRISM
- believes that humans are not the
only significant species on the
planet, and that all the organisms
have inherent value and should be
protected.
BIOCENTRISM
-This view drives the activities of
humane organization that advocate
the ethical treatment of animals
- R.A. 8485 “ The Animal Welfare Act
of 1998”
Ecocentrism
-places great value on ecosystems
and biological system or
community and that we have a
significant roles as stewards or
guardians of nature.
Ecocentrism
-promotes the idea that order and
balance in nature brings about
stability and beauty
-emphasizes the important role of the
interaction between living and non-
living components of the environment
The influence of humanity on
the environment can be best
understood if we consider the
individual person as a dynamic
source of change within his or
her particular environment
We benefit greatly from a clean
and orderly environment.
Clean/Orderly = safety, well-
being, health
Dirt/ disorderly-
diseases ,accidents
Environmental Aesthetics
- A philosophical view that believes
maintaining order in the environment
will bring out the natural beauty of
the surroundings and contribute to
the well-being of people and other
organisms living in it.
Environmental Aesthetics
-the appreciation of natural
beauty brings about concern for
the environment and helps people
relate more effectively with nature
Environmental Depletion
Pollution
degradation of human
resources
Human Actions
• Sustainable Development
- Meeting the needs of the
present without without
compromising the needs of the
future generation.
Principles of Sustainability
1. Environmental Integrity
2. Economic efficiency
3. Equity
1. Environmental Integrity
- Maintaining the state of the
environment . This means that
human activities should not disrupt
the ecosystem and human
communities located in the area
2. Economic Efficiency
- refers to the prudence in
decision making regarding the
use of resources to ensure there
is minimum to zero waste.
a. Prudence – ability to regulate
one’s action and behavior
b. Frugality – being thrifty with
the use of one’s resources
3. Equity
- Demands that we use our natural
resources in such a manner these
are conserved so that the next
generation will be able to use them

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