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Ecocentric and technocentric values
As illustrated in the list below many different value continua can be identified dividing technocentric and ecocentric positions: 6

Technocentric

Ecocentric

economy

ecology

resourcism

preservationism

perfect nature

protect nature

dominance over nature

a part of nature

individual

group

self

community

private property rights

public good

anthropocentric

ecocentric

human centered

earth centered, naturalistic

human rights

animal rights

human benefit

ecosystem benefit

centralized

decentralized

active management

passive management

hands on

hands off

exotics encouraged

only natives

species specific

holistic

free will

mutual coercion

utilitarian

aesthetic

local

global

imagination limited

resource limited

cooperation

competition

change

stability


Another list classifies attitudes and values within the technocentric and ecocentric perspectives: 7

Spectrum of technocentric & ecocentric perspectives

Technocentric

Ecocentric

Earth view

Mechanistic/Reductionist

Holistic/Gaianist

Understanding of the earth

Scientific investigation/Environmental management

Scientific investigation as well as sensory, emotional, spiritual ways of knowing

Resource depletion and pollution

Technical solutions

Changes in lifestyles

Development issues

Limiting human number/Developing industrial technology

Reducing consumption in rich countries to allow poor countries to have their fair share of resources

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6 Oregon State University, (http://oregonstate.edu/instruction/anth481/ectop/ecval.html)
7 J. Iguchi, Strategies for Environmental Education from Philosophical Points of View, 2003 (http://www.glocom.org/special_topics/colloquium/20030813_iguchi_environmental4/index.html)

       





















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