MODULE 4: THE HUMAN PERSON

AND HIS ENVIRONMENT

MELCs based
 OBJECTIVES
At the end of this module, I can:
• Notice disorder in the Environment
• Show that care for the environment contributes to health, well-being, and
sustainable development
• Demonstrate the virtues of prudence and frugality toward the environment
and illustrate the theories which explain the causes of ecological crisis
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1. What is sustainable development?

2. What is the difference between intrinsic and instrumental
value?
3. How does this difference affect one’s views on attribution of
moral consideration?
4. What are different views on the attribution of moral
consideration?
5. Which view is the most holistic?
6. What are the different theories on radical ecological
philosophy?

GUIDE QUESTIONS
THREE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES
OF SUSTAINABILITY
1. ENVIRONMETAL INTEGRITY
2. ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY
3. EQUITY
VIEWS ON THE ATTRIBUTION
OF MORAL CONSIDERATION
1. AN T H R O PO CE N T RIS M
2. PA NT HO CEN T RI SM
3. BIO CE N T RI SM
4. ECO CE N T RIS M
AMERICAN CONSERVATIONIST, FORESTER,
AND PHILOSOPHER.
THEORIES IN RADICAL
ECOLOGICAL PHILOSOPHY
1. DEEP ECOLOGY
2. SOCIAL ECOLOGY
3. ECOFEMINISM
FOUNDER OF DEEP ECOLOGY
PROPONENT OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY
A FEMINIST PHILOSOPHER DURING RENAISSANCE AND
AGE OF REASON
ECOFEMINIST THEORIES,
AUTHOR OF “THE ECOLOGY OF FEMINISM AND THE FEMINISM
OF ECOLOGY”
 GOD SAID, “LET US MAKE MAN IN OUR OWN
IMAGE IN THE LIKENESS OF OURSELVES AND LET
THEM BE MASTERS OF THE FISH OF THE SEA, THE
BIRDS OF HEAVEN, THE CATTLE, ALL THE WILD
BEASTS AND ALL THE REPTILES THAT CRAWL
UPON THE EARTH.”
Genesis 1:26-28, The Jerusalem Bible