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Biocentrism vs Anthropocentrism - What's the difference?

biocentrism | anthropocentrism |

As nouns the difference between biocentrism and anthropocentrism

is that biocentrism is an ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience while anthropocentrism is a viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of something, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.

biocentrism

English

Noun

(-) (wikipedia biocentrism)
  • An ethical viewpoint that extends inherent value to all non-human life, regardless of its sentience.
  • A cosmological theory proposed in 2007 by American scientist Robert Lanza. In this view, life and biology are central to being, reality, and the cosmos — life creates the universe rather than the other way around.

    • anthropocentrism

    English

    (wikipedia anthropocentrism)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of something, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.

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