The Human Person in the Environment.pptx

The Human Person in the Environment

1. The Human Person in the environment

2. ANTHROPOCENTRIC MODEL Human Culture Individualism Mind Calculative Human over/against environment Global/Technological

3. ECOCENTRIC MODEL Nature Wild Holism Nature/Cosmos Body/Relational Earth/ Wisdom Ecology over/against humans

4. Carbon footprint- A measure of the amount of carbon dioxide produced by a person, organization or state in a given time.

5. Carbon Footprint has eight categories Construction Shelter Food Clothing Mobility Manufactured goods Services Trade

6. Ancient Thinkers Anaximander – employed the term “boundless’ to convey the further thought that Nature is indeterminate---boundless in the sense that no boundaries between the warm and cold or the moist and dry regions are originally present within it.

7. Pythagoras - described the universe as living embodiment of nature’s order, harmony and beauty. He sees our relationship with the universe involving biophilia (love of other living things) and cosmophilia (love of other living beings).

8. Chinese cosmic conception All events in the universe follow a transitional process due to the primeval pair, the yang and the yin . The universe does not proceed onward but revolves without beginning or end. There is nothing new under the sun; the “new’ is a repetition of the old ( Q uito 1991)

9. YIN AND YANG

10. Yin - In Chinese Philosophy: one of the two forces that together form everything that exists: the female principle of the universe that is considered dark and passive and is associated wit earth.

11. Yang In Chinese philosophy: one of the two forces that together form everything that exists: the male principle of the universe that is considered light and active and is associated with heaven.

12. Modern Thinkers Immanuel Kant - In his Critique of Judgment, he expresses that beauty is ultimately a symbol of morality. According to Kant, we must ignore any practical motives or inclinations that we have instead contemplate the object without being distracted by our desires. ( Goldblatt and Brown 2010).

13. Herbert Marcuse and George Herbert Mead -Understanding our relationship with the environment can also refer to the human beings with ecology and nature. For Herbert Marcuse , humanity had dominated nature. There can only be change if we will change our attitude towards our perception of the environment. According to Mead , As human beings, we do Anot have only rights but duties. We are not the citizens of the community but how we react to this community and our reaction to it, change it.

14. Show that care for the environment contributes to health, well-being and sustainable development Deep Ecology Social Ecology Ecofemenism