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Hey /out/, /lit/ here.
I really hope this is the right place for this. I think it is because
>Outdoor philosophy (conservation, Leave No Trace, protectionism, etc.)
but we'll see.
Anyway, I've seen a lot of criticism of the idea of "anthropocentrism"/"speciesism" or the idea that humans are the most important thing ever. The criticisms make a lot of sense to me, all things have individual value without humans going and assigning value to them, the circle of life moves us all, yadadyadayada. My issue is, if our values system was flipped, and we dropped our anthropocentric world view, how would life function? Would we have to reject the concept of civilization and technology as well? Can we justify getting the resources necessary for those things, or the separation from nature that comes with it?
>tl;dr: How do we into society that recognizes all things have worth, not just humans
>pic semi-related. Circle of Life, yadayadayada
I really hope this is the right place for this. I think it is because
>Outdoor philosophy (conservation, Leave No Trace, protectionism, etc.)
but we'll see.
Anyway, I've seen a lot of criticism of the idea of "anthropocentrism"/"speciesism" or the idea that humans are the most important thing ever. The criticisms make a lot of sense to me, all things have individual value without humans going and assigning value to them, the circle of life moves us all, yadadyadayada. My issue is, if our values system was flipped, and we dropped our anthropocentric world view, how would life function? Would we have to reject the concept of civilization and technology as well? Can we justify getting the resources necessary for those things, or the separation from nature that comes with it?
>tl;dr: How do we into society that recognizes all things have worth, not just humans
>pic semi-related. Circle of Life, yadayadayada
