THE HUMAN
PERSON IN THE
ENVIRONMENT
LESSON 4
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How do our actions lead to
negative effects on the
environment?
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HOW DOES PHILOSOPHY
DEFINE THE PERSON’S
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE
ENVIRONMENT?
Humankind is part of the
world, and we significantly
affect our environment in the
same way that changes in our
environment affect us.
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It is hotter now that it usually was during the summer
months
Typhoons are stronger and there is more rain during
rainy seasons.
We experience more flooding’s in our community. We
evacuate our homes more frequently due to natural
calamities.
Our community is now dirtier and more disorderly
compared to the past few years.
❖ ENVIRONMENTAL
PHILOSOPHY OR
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS
Is the discipline in philosophy that
studies the moral relationship of
human beings with the
environment and its non- human
concerns
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHISCS
DEVELOPMENT VIEWS:
✓ SOCIAL ECOLOGY – analyzing
society and sees a relationship
between social problems and
environmental problems.
ENVIRONMENTAL ETHISCS
DEVELOPMENT VIEWS:
✓ CLIMATE ETHICS & CLIMATE
JUSTICE– growing concern with
climate change, and consider it
ethical, social, and political issue.
❖ ENVIRONMENTALISM
Advocates to address the growing
environmental problems.
❖ ENVIRONMENTAL
AESTHETICS
Believes that maintaining order in
the environment will bring out the
natural beauty of the surroundings
and contributes to the well-being
of the people and organisms living
in it.
LET’ S INTERPRET THE DATA
CARBON FOOTPRINT
Electricity & Transportation
Heat Production
Agriculture & OTHERS
Other Land Use
Industry Buildings
Source: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/global-greenhouse-gas-emissions-data, IPCC (2014)
https://www.adb.org/news/infographics/climate-change-asia-and-pacific
3 MAJOR VIEWS REGARDING
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN
HUMANITY AND
ENVIRONMENT
❖ ANTHROPOCENTRISM
focuses on the significant
role of humankind in the
world and considers
nature as the means by
which humans are able
to meet their needs and
survive.
❖ BIOCENTRISM
humans are not the only
significant species on the
planets, and that all organisms
have inherent value and should
be protected.
R.A. 8485 “The Animal Welfare Act of
1998”
❖ ECOCENTRISM
places great value on
ecosystems and biological
communities.
“Humankind is part of a greater biological
system or community ad that we have a
significant role as stewards and guardians
of nature”
THINK. ANALYZE. DISCUSS.
1. A mining corporation decided to save
costs and did not construct an effective
storing facility for mining waste. The
improperly stored waste leaked and
polluted the nearby river, poisoned
marine life, and caused people in the
nearby village to get sick.
THINK. ANALYZE. DISCUSS.
2. A local official led a campaign to set
aside several hectares of forested land
in their city as a watershed area. This
area was declared off-limits to loggers
and miners.
Can we conduct our activities
comfortably if our classroom is
messy and disorganized?
As a responsible student and
member of the school community
how should you respond to this
situation?
Take a look at
UN Sustainable Goals
and identify which
among the goals
could affect our
Environment
SUSTAINABILITY OR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
This concept focuses on reconciling
human activities and the economic
development with the protection of the
environment. Its main idea is we must
make wise decisions regarding the use of
natural resources to ensure that there is
still enough left for the future.
SUSTAINABILITY 3 IMPORTANT
PRINCIPLES:
1. ENVIRONMENTA INTEGRITY – maintaining
the state of the environment. Human
activities should not unduly disrupt the
ecosystems and human communities in the
area.
SUSTAINABILITY 3 IMPORTANT
PRINCIPLES:
2. ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY – prudence of in
decision-making regarding the use of
resources to ensure that there is minimum
zero waste.
SUSTAINABILITY 3 IMPORTANT
PRINCIPLES:
3. EQUITY– demands that we use our natural
resources in such a manner that these are
conserved so that the next generation will be
able to use them.
THINK
Fill out with appropriate response.
Activities that show Activities that show
sustainable use of misuse of resources
resources
REFLECT
How can you apply prudence and
frugality in implementing changes to
become a wiser and more considerate
consumer?
