biocentric

Examples

• All

• Biodiversity conservation is often associated with a biocentric perspective that assigns an intrinsic value to all life on Earth (Norton 1986, Rolston 1988).

  Academic text (2012)

• Once we grant that a change from an anthropocentric to a biocentric sense of reality and value is needed, we must ask how this can be achieved and how it would work?

  Academic text (1993)

• They call for biocentric thinking, which requires one to think as if he were not human.

  Academic text (2004)

• Deep ecology promotes a biocentric approach to life, placing all life at the center of meaning.

  Academic text (1994)

• Biocentric perspectives presume that these relationships should be determined by the intrinsic rights of both humans and nonhumans.

  Academic text (1997)

• Throughout American history, social values for nature have changed dramatically, evolving from purely utilitarian to more biocentric stances and resulting in a contemporary diversity of perspectives.

  Academic text (1997)

• Environmental educators have traditionally sought to expose their students to the wisdom of thinking ecologically, and in doing so, have sought out resources that convey a biocentric view of life, as seen in the New Ecological Paradigm discussed above.

  Academic text (2002)

• Many environmentalists advocate for a biocentric worldview that values all living beings equally.

• A biocentric philosophy encourages us to consider the well-being of animals and plants alongside our own.

• The biocentric approach emphasizes that nature should be preserved for the sake of all life, not just human interests.

Synonyms

E

ecocentric

vsbiocentric

7.9

Putting nature and all living things before people

places all living beings at the very centre of value and concern

Antonyms

A

anthropocentric

2 9.1

Seeing humans as most important and judging things by human needs

How Biocentric

ecocentric

7.9

biocentric

8.6

human-centered

• Specialized

1 4.3

Surface Forms

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Etymology