anthropocentrism
Mankind-first worldview
Anthropocentrism is the view that humans are the central or most important element of existence.
The term usually carries criticism—implying that human-centered thinking ignores the value of other species or ecosystems: Environmental ethics challenges anthropocentrism by arguing that nature has intrinsic worth.
The adjective is anthropocentric: an anthropocentric worldview.
Moral preference by organism type
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
- animal liberationAdvocacy ending species exploitation
animal welfare · suffering · compassion · empathy · rights-based · cruelty · factory farming · vivisection
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- speciesismMoral preference by organism type
- teleologyStudy of purpose in nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- dualismPhilosophy of opposed pairs
rationalism · Cartesian · Enlightenment · Kantian · human dignity · personhood · consciousness · reason
Ranked authority structure
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
- exploitationSelfish use of others
mastery · imperialism · colonialism · resource extraction · manifest destiny · human exceptionalism
Moral philosophy for medicine
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- intrinsic valueWorth independent of circumstance
- biocentrismLife as moral center
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
conservation · animal rights · moral responsibility · ethical treatment · utilitarian · deontological · land ethic
Prioritizing people's needs first
- Western thoughtEuropean intellectual tradition
- Judeo-ChristianShared heritage of two faiths
- human destinyCollective future of people
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
speciesism
Moral preference by organism type
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- sentienceCapacity for subjective experience
animal liberation · animal welfare · suffering · compassion · empathy · rights-based · cruelty · factory farming · vivisection · endangered species
humanism
Philosophy prioritizing earthly reason
- speciesismMoral preference by organism type
- teleologyStudy of purpose in nature
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
dualism · rationalism · Cartesian · Enlightenment · Kantian · human dignity · personhood · consciousness · reason
hierarchy
Ranked authority structure
- controlAuthority to direct
- dominationSupreme authority held
- subjugationForcing into submission
exploitation · mastery · imperialism · colonialism · resource extraction · manifest destiny · human exceptionalism
bioethics
Moral philosophy for medicine
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- intrinsic valueWorth independent of circumstance
- biocentrismLife as moral center
sustainability · conservation · animal rights · moral responsibility · ethical treatment · utilitarian · deontological · land ethic
human-centered
Prioritizing people's needs first
- Western thoughtEuropean intellectual tradition
- Judeo-ChristianShared heritage of two faiths
- human destinyCollective future of people
- environmentalismecology, conservationism, recycling bins, campaigner, environmentalism
- Renaissance artMichelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian
- humanismsecular humanism, Renaissance humanism, classical humanism, humanist values, human dignity
- Renaissance idealshumanism, universality, human dignity, human potential, liberal arts
- anthropocentrismhuman-centered, human exceptionalism, speciesism
- German IdealismKant, Hegel, Fichte, absolute, dialectic