EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -One such worldview held by many people is the planetary management world-view. Figure 25-2 (left) summarizes the major beliefs of this worldview. According to this view, humans are the planet’s most important and dominant species, and we can and should manage the earth mostly for our own benefit.

Detailed explanation-2: -Biocentric worldviews are life-focused and view the environment from a harmonious, protective perspective. These worldviews are built on the fundamental belief that humans are one with nature and have an ethical responsibility to protect and preserve the planet.

Detailed explanation-3: -A life-centered environmental worldview sees all living things as having value regardless of their use to humans and that we have a responsibility to avoid hastening any extinctions through our activities.

Detailed explanation-4: -An individual’s environmental ethics are what they believe is right or wrong about our behavior toward the environment. There are three major environmental worldviews. They are the “planetary management” view, the “stewardship” view, and the “environmental wisdom” view.

Detailed explanation-5: -Life-centered and Earth-centered worldviews include environmental wisdom worldview, species-centered, biosphere-centered, and ecosystem-centered. 3. Ethical guidelines that might be used to help us work with the earth include respecting the earth. 4.