Anthropocentrism (Environmental Ethics)

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This short series of lectures present the different philosophical positions about what ethical commitments we truly have to the environment. In this video, we look at the human-centered view, also called Anthropocentrism, according to which the environment matters, because it has effects on humans.

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📚 Some literature:
Immanuel, Kant (1775~80). Of Duties towards Animals and Spirit.
Singer, Peter (1975). Animal Liberation.
Pope Francis (2015). Praise be to you, my Lord.
Onora O'Neill (1997). On Enivonmental Values, Anthropocentrism and Speciecism.

⏰ Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:20 History: Aristotle
2:21 History: Descartes
3:27 History: Kant
4:38 History: Christianity
6:10 Contemporary Anthropocentrism
7:34 Critiques of Anthropocentrism
8:32 Outro