Man's Attitude Towards Nature As Being Superior
Beginning of paper
As mans attitude towards nature evolved, western culture perceived man
as the central and most important part of nature. This egocentric attitude
has acted to the extreme detriment of nature. Yes, I believe this to be
true and I will prove it by looking at resourcism and speciesism.
Resourci ....
Middle of paper
.... science created what is
known as the industrial revolution. This is where our over consumption
began. We were now able to drill into the earth and extract unrenewable
resources and make them into many new products. This attitude of power and
control over the resources of the earth has lead us to think of ourselves
as the most important part of nature. We took what the earth had to offer,
and there was no one to stop us.
Speciesism is the exploitation of plants and animals. At first, we
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Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
