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Eco-Centricism: What´s Sustainable Development?

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Sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own( Brundtland Report, 1987). It is an area of environmental philosophy that faces a lot of conflict due to the various subdivisions in terms of ethical perceptions. For traditional and religious views, some people believe they were given dominion over nature’s plants and animals to serve their needs.The techno-centric ideology is centered is centred on technology and it’s ability to control and protect the environment, it is almost arrogant in it’s assumption that humans have control over nature. The ‘ecological footprint’ (Gaston 2005, p.239) that resulted from humans’ greediness …show more content…

336). It is believed that the human face have theresponsibility to all biological lifeon earth because aside from being the most consuming specie of all,they are capable of thinking and perceiving earth as a whole. Humans’ ill-treatment towards the environment is not only drastically altering the ecosystem, but also threatnening human’s survival, reserchers and scientists are aware that the end of the world is present some time in the future, and the only thing people can control is the rate of facing humanity’s extinction.(Leopold, 1949). This essay seeks to critically discuss and explain the perspectives of eco-centrism and techno-centrism within the context of sustainable …show more content…

Too many sceptics ask if we can ascribe rights to nonhumans if they cannot reciprocate? However, it also needs to be pointed out that there is no prior reason why legal rights cannot be ascribed to nonhuman entities.as Cristopher stone has argued, the idea of conferring legal rights on nonhuman is not “unthinkable”when it is remembered that human rights are also conferred on “non-speaking” persons such as infants and foetuses,legal rights are also conferred on legal fictions such as corparations, municipalities and trusts,entities such as churches and the state. Therefore with this being given, ston argues that there is basically no good reason against extending legal rights to “natural objects”. Lastly is thet eco-centrism is a passive and quietistic perspective that regards humans asno more than the AIDS virus. However, eco-centrism merely seeks to cultivate based on the impression of nonfavoritsm,it does not mean that humans cannot eat or act to defend themselvesor others ( including other threthenbed species) from danger of life-threathening

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