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Modern Anthropocentrism:Value Choice of Ecological Ethics

Li Ming Wen

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Anthropocentrism emphasizes that everything complies with the overall interests of humanity,and serves the demand for mankind integrity and the development.The traditional anthropocentrism emphasizes the benefit of human in the direction of absolutely extreme,ignoring the importance of the ecological environment.The modern anthropocentrism emphasizes the integrity,commonality and sociality of human benefit and recognizes relativity between the people and the natural being,while highlights people's leading factor,activity and creativity.Adhering to the benefit of human as the center of environmental ethics,it advocates respecting the law of nature and its inherent value as basis,and becomes a value choice of ecological ethics.

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Anthropocentrism emphasizes that everything complies with the overall interests of humanity,and serves the demand for mankind integrity and the development.The traditional anthropocentrism emphasizes the benefit of human in the direction of absolutely extreme,ignoring the importance of the ecological environment.The modern anthropocentrism emphasizes the integrity,commonality and sociality of human benefit and recognizes relativity between the people and the natural being,while highlights people's leading factor,activity and creativity.Adhering to the benefit of human as the center of environmental ethics,it advocates respecting the law of nature and its inherent value as basis,and becomes a value choice of ecological ethics.

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Anthropocentrism emphasizes that everything complies with the overall interests of humanity,and serves the demand for mankind integrity and the development.The traditional anthropocentrism emphasizes the benefit of human in the direction of absolutely extreme,ignoring the importance of the ecological environment.The modern anthropocentrism emphasizes the integrity,commonality and sociality of human benefit and recognizes relativity between the people and the natural being,while highlights people's leading factor,activity and creativity.Adhering to the benefit of human as the center of environmental ethics,it advocates respecting the law of nature and its inherent value as basis,and becomes a value choice of ecological ethics.

Key concepts: Anthropocentrism, Environmental ethics, Value (mathematics), Humanity, Sociality, Ecology, Agency (philosophy), Sociology

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