The Anthropocentrism of the Cosmic Perspective Argument
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15021748 |
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| Authors | Sivinski Sivinski (corresponding author), Ulatowski Ulatowski |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethics & the Environment (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1085-6633 • E-ISSN: 1535-5306 |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2979/ethicsenviro.24.1.01 |
| OpenAlex | W2943886542 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
New developments in cosmology make it unlikely that life on Earth is unique. The Cosmic Perspective Argument states that given these developments we should not be concerned with the Earth’s environmental degradation. In this paper, we argue that although scaling our analysis upwards into the cosmos provides the Cosmic Perspective with its strength, when we apply the Cosmic Perspective downwards, the view appears to be terribly flawed. After examining the Cosmic Perspective at an individual level, the problems that arise intensify and seemingly not only break the argument at an individual level but also on a much larger scale as well. These problems show the need for a framework that takes into full account the complex and interconnected nature of the environment, thus one that only deep ecology may provide
Anthropocentrism · Astrophysics · Biology · COSMIC cancer database · Cosmology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Physics · Computer Science · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
| Highly cited | No |
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