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Anthropocentrism (Greek άνθρωπος, anthropos, "man, human being", κέντρον, kentron, "center") is the practice, conscious or otherwise, of regarding the existence and/or concerns of human beings as the central fact of the universe. This is similar, but not identical, to the practice of relating all that happens in the universe to the human experience. To clarify, the first position concludes that the fact of human existence is the point of universal existence; the latter merely compares all activity to that of humanity, without making any teleological conclusions.


The related adjective is anthropocentric.


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Anthropocentrism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (245 words)
Anthropocentrism (Greek άνθρωπος, anthropos, "human", κέντρον, kentron, "center"), or the 'human-centered' principle, refers to the idea that humanity must always remain the central concern for humans.
According to anthropocentrism, all things in the universe are to be judged in their relationship to man.
Anthropocentrism is essentially the belief that the world around a person is only important as far as it benefits or hurts that person.
Abandoning Anthropocentrism (1173 words)
Anthropocentrism is the worldview of mankind as the centre of the universe.
Anthropocentrism is the basis for the theistic religions, those which assume a personal deity or deities.
Anthropocentrism was predicated on geocentrism, the view that the earth is at the centre of the universe.
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