Dennis Prager

In the biblical worldview, the purpose of all creation is to benefit man. This anthropocentric view of nature, and indeed of the whole universe, is completely at odds with the current secular idealization of nature. This secular view posits that nature has its own intrinsic meaning and purpose, independent of man.

American Journalist

Timothy Morton

We like to think, in our anthropocentric way, that irony means that you transcended something, but actually, what it means is that you've realised that you're stuck in something, and you have this kind of uncanny awareness of that, and there's not much you can do about that feeling of stuckness.

English Philosopher

Story Musgrave

The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. that It has not been accepted, because we've been in an anthropocentric era.

American Astronaut

Paul Watson

I take a biocentric point of view. I look at things from the point of view of the Earth and the laws of ecology. As opposed to the anthropocentric point of view, where everything revolves around humanity.

Canadian Environmentalist

Frans de Waal

Experiments with animals have long been handicapped by our anthropocentric attitude: We often test them in ways that work fine with humans but not so well with other species.

Dutch Scientist

Suggests that human needs and perspectives are more important than anything else.

Human Priority

Often used in ecological discussions to critique human-centered policies or practices.

Environmental Impact

Implies a bias that can overlook the significance of other organisms or ecosystems.

Cultural Bias

Indicates a philosophical stance where humans are the central concern of the universe.

Philosophical Concept

Used to contrast with 'eco-centric,' where ecosystems are central, not humans.

Counterpoint to Eco-centric

Warns that research can be biased if it only considers human perspectives.

Narrow Research Focus

Often used as a critique in social and humanistic studies for a narrow focus.

Critique in Humanities

 honestly but at the same time truly truly beautiful and she's like calling for this is obviously some kind of an anthropocentric twist to it that has nothing with reality but you know your mind play games and I felt she's calling for my help take a picture and save our species we're 300 left and it was like

Face-Off with a Lion PIPE...

 Often when we're filming our mammal cousins, it's very tempting to impose our own human anthropocentric values on their actions, and that is, I think, a mistake.

Anthropocentric