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The Human Person in His/Her Environment

The document discusses three approaches to understanding the relationship between humans and the environment: 1) A cosmos-centric approach which sees humans and nature in harmony governed by natural laws. Imbalances can cause illness. 2) A theocentric approach where God entrusted humans as stewards of the earth. Forgetting this leads to environmental problems. 3) An anthropocentric approach beginning in the 16th century that emphasizes human dominion over the earth without God, and is the most widely used today.

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The Human Person in His/Her Environment

The document discusses three approaches to understanding the relationship between humans and the environment: 1) A cosmos-centric approach which sees humans and nature in harmony governed by natural laws. Imbalances can cause illness. 2) A theocentric approach where God entrusted humans as stewards of the earth. Forgetting this leads to environmental problems. 3) An anthropocentric approach beginning in the 16th century that emphasizes human dominion over the earth without God, and is the most widely used today.

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THE HUMAN PERSON IN

HIS/HER ENVIRONMENT
APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE
RELATIONSHIP OF THE HUMAN PERSON WITH
THE ENVIRONMENT
1. Cosmos-centric Approach

• Human beings are in harmony with nature.


1. Cosmos-centric Approach

• Yin,Yang and Qi (Taoism)


1. Cosmos-centric Approach

• Natural laws govern the movement of Qi as Yin


and Yang to create a harmonious balance in the
universe.
• Too much Yang creates typhoons & severe
droughts.
• Too much Yin (indifference or laziness) leads to
self-destruction.
• An imbalanced energy in the environment leads
to illness of humans.
1. Cosmos-centric Approach

• Human beings are microcosm of the cosmos.


• It means the universe is reflected in us, a small
version of the universe.
• When there is imbalance within the person, there
would be imbalance in everything around it.
2. Theocentric Approach

• Theo means “God”.


• An understanding coming from a religious
interpretation of “Go and multiply; fill the earth
and subdue it.”
• This story tells that God entrusted the earth to
man and woman by giving them the role of
stewards of creation.
2. Theocentric Approach

• We may be able to trace the immediate causes of


environmental degradation through technical and
scientific explanations, if we forget our
responsibility, we will never be able to address
the problem.
• Therefore, we are the problem and we,
ourselves, are the solution.
3. Anthropocentric Approach

• Anthropos means “man”.


• Like theocentric approach that puts human
person in dominion over the earth, but de-
emphasizes the role of God.
• This approach began in the sixteenth century in
Europe and has become the most widely used all
over the world until today.

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