Anthropocentrism

Moral philosophy aims to provide a rational critique or justification of the principles that guide or govern human conduct. In this inquiry, it is assumed that these principles are accessible to reason. Human activity, particularly when amplified by sophisticated science-based technologies, now extends far beyond the Stone Age boundaries, which constrained our actions for most of human history. It is these changes in human activities and values, which have prompted the questioning of whether constraints …

…to feel pleasure and pain) -Sociability, (friendship and love) -Spirituality, (religious pursuits would be optional here) The whole idea of Anthropocentrism stresses the need for an enlarged, enriched and fortified notion of human interests as shown above, which explicitly acknowledge obligations to the human and natural items. And it was on this basis that I chose to support it as it was the nearest in my quest for an answer to the current Environmental issues.