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ecocentric
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ecocentric [ˌiːkəuˈsentrɪk]
adj
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Environmental Science) having a serious concern for environmental issues ecocentric management


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She claimed that the big trend for the year was the growth of environmental language, with words like ecocentrism, referring to the philosophy in which the ecosphere is more important than an organism or human activity, making it to the list.
79) See Andrew McLaughlin, For A Radical Ecocentrism, in THE DEEP ECOLOGY MOVEMENT: AN INTRODUCTORY ANTHOLOGY 257, 260 (Alan Drengson & Yuichi Inoue eds.
Pierce and Jameton argue that philosophies are available to save bioethics, but only by rethinking the roles and meaning of beneficence, biocentrism, ecocentrism, autonomy, coercion, justice, and modesty.
 
 
 
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