anthropocentrism

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In this way, an ethically inspired system of metaphysics grew up, whose anthropocentrism was apparently warranted by the geocentrism of astronomy.

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  1. an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values.

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  1. an inclination to evaluate reality exclusively in terms of human values

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  • My problem with it only is its apparent anthropocentrism. —  Richard Dawkins on militant atheism
  • "While the idea that there is a fundamental difference in the complexity of vertebrate and invertebrate genomes fits with our anthropocentrism, it does not appear to be true." —  HHMI News
  • I think we will find in hindsight that evolutionary biologists have been doing the scientific equivalent of anthropocentrism years from now. —  New Scientist - Space
  • And hence not surprisingly, it is closely linked with our malignant and slavish devotion to our planet-murdering mindset of anthropocentrism, perhaps the most self-serving, deeply ingrained, and morally reprehensible tradition woven into the fabric of the human psyche. —  American Chronicle
  • By the start of the 20th century, he was the best-known and most public spokesman for a new environmental ethic-he challenged the presumptions of anthropocentrism, argued for the spiritual and aesthetic value of nature, and advocated for environmental preservation in an age largely dominated by ruthless industrial forces. —  American Scientist Online
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