Relacja człowiek – zwierzę w paradygmacie biocentrycznym
The Relation Between a Human and an Animal in the Biocentric Paradigm

Author(s): Mirosław Twardowski
Subject(s): Library and Information Science
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: biocentrism; paradigm; anti‑anthropocentrism; internal value;environmental ethics;
Summary/Abstract: There are numerous, often mutually exclusive, stands in biocentrism. One of breakdown criteria is the scope of classes of natural objects, which has to be assigned an autonomic (internal) value extending beyond instrumental values which they have for others. In accordance with the traditional anthropocentric paradigm, only human beings have autonomic value so only they are entitled to moral status since only they have characteristics which condition it, such as freedom, responsibility, mindfulness. Biocentric stands, on the other hand, assign responsibility to everything which is alive. Therefore, the supporters of biocentrism believe that all living being deserve a social status. The majority of them is differentiated by their moral value, which degrades them, depending on the organizational level.

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