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Wpływ nowożytnego antropocentryzmu na relację człowieka do przyrody. Część pierwsza

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2011
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vol. 9
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issue 1
9-27
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Anthropocentrism seems to be a fundamental notion concerning the man-nature relation. The anthropocentric attitude is largely meant to be the main cause of the ecological crisis. One can distinguish at least several stages of the process, which led to this crisis, namely: stage of Magic and Myth, Ancient Times, Middle Ages and Modern Times. The aim of this article is to show the process of development of an anthropocentric thought in the Modern European culture, when the culmination of this process is observed. Among the causes of the modern worldview one can mention e.g. the modern conception of science (worked out mainly by N. Copernicus, G. Galilei, G. Bruno, F. Bacon, I. Newton, R. Descartes), the technology development, as well as social, political and cultural changes. Both, geocentric and theocentric worldview were rejected. The secularization of European societies shifted man’s attitude not only towards God, but also is creation – nature. People began to treat nature as a challenge and material. God-Creator was replaced by man-designer. A new type of anthropocentrism appeared, which tried to find the answer to the fundamental questions in the human being himself. This resulted in the negation of a strict dependence of mankind on nature and in tendency to subordination nature to man. The cognition of nature served then as a mean for the sake of mankind only. Man was obliged even to dominate nature which was viewed as a complex of mathematical laws, a value-free mechanism determined by laws of nature. Contemporary view on nature and man was influenced also by philosophical views which on the one hand excluded man from nature (I. Kant) and on the other made attempts to restore man to nature (J. J. Rousseau, F. W. J. Schelling).
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Systemowe ujęcie biosfery w etyce Edwarda Goldsmitha

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2014
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vol. 12
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issue 1
93-115
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Environmental ethics has been intensively developed since the 1970s and is promoted most of all by philosophers and philosophizing naturalists. Various attitudes have been adopted, differing deeply ontologically, anthropologically and axiologically. In this article, the ethics of Edward Goldsmith are presented. Goldsmith understands the biosphere as a systemic whole, which should be treated with moral respect and responsibility by humankind. At the beginning, the notion of holism is defined and described against the background of biocentric and anthropocentric ethics. Next, the views that inspired Goldsmith’s theory are presented, i.e. A. Naess’ deep ecology, J. Lovelock and L. Margulis Gaia’s hypothesis, the views of E. Odum, W.B. Cannon and C.H. Waddington. Then the main points of biospheric ethics are presented. Finally Goldsmith’s proposal of mental and civilizational shift is submitted. The biospheric morality, which is supported by religious norms, is explained. This type of morality should allow humankind to achieve the right way of development.
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Średniowieczne źródła antropocentryzmu

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2011
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vol. 9
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issue 3
21-34
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Anthropocentrism seems to be a key notion associated with the man-nature relation. Probably it is also the most controversial one in environmental ethics. The anthropocentric attitude is sometimes meant to be the main cause of the ecological crisis. One can distinguish at least several stages of the process, which led to this crisis, namely: stage of Magic and Myth, Ancient Times, Middle Ages and Modern Times. The aim of this article is to show the process of development of an anthropocentric thought in the Medieval European culture. Cultural changes of the Middle Ages, under the influence of Christianity among others things, led to the revaluation of the ancient way of thinking. The next step towards anthropocentric attitude in philosophy was made: importance of the human individual increased, his needs and development became more vital than society as a whole. On the other hand, an essential aspect of medieval philosophy was rejecting the earthly world and turning to the transcendental one. One can distinguish three currents of medieval thought, which unlikely understood the meaning of the world and man as well as the way of cognition of the reality. These are mysticism, rationalism and empiricism. Mysticism negated both the value of nature and man as accidental entities. Nonetheless, it elevated man above other creatures. Rationalism assigned the man a central position in nature, for only human being among the accidental material entities is endowed with intellect and grace of faith., On the other hand, empiricism enhanced both the nature (as the subject of cognition and exploitation) and man (as a rational being, who has some extraordinary abilities to use environment to satisfy his needs). The process of drawing away from the holistic view on nature, of its desacralisation and of tending towards controlling it started just in the Middle Ages. In the following ages antiteleologism developed in philosophy, which contributed to the growth of mechanism and rejecting of the inherent value of nature in the Modern Times.
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Starożytne źródła antropocentryzmu

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2009
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vol. 7
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issue 2
31-38
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Anthropocentrism seems to be a key notion related to the man-nature relation. Probably he is also the most controversial one in environmental ethics. The anthropocentric attitude is sometimes meant to be the main cause of the ecological crisis. One can distinguish at least several stages of the process, which led to this crisis, namely: stage of Magic and Myth, Ancient Times, Middle Ages, and Modern Times. The aim of this article is to show the process of development of an anthropocentric thought in Ancient European culture. Supposedly the critical phase for this process is the so-called Neolithic Revolution. Changes brought by this deeply influenced life of man. Not only affected the transformation of his world-view but also had an impact on the modification of society itself. Mentioned changes led among other things to the rejection of magic and mythical world-view, in which the Universe was perceived as a harmonious and friendly place to live in. A doubt appeared instead, what the place of man in the world really is. These questions reflected in philosophical views of that time. To sum up, the originated by Ancient Greek philosophers outlook on nature, in which nature was recognized as a living organism and a man as an immanent part of it, had been gradually dropped out. It appeared that man falls outside the mechanical laws of nature because he is able to understand them and use this knowledge for his own goals (Democritus), man’s soul makes him transcend nature and dominate it (Socrates), man’s existence is purposeful, he is superior to other material beings as a crown of nature and the most complex and perfect being (Aristotle). This process led to a recognition of the objective existence of the world, which in fact is independent of human cognition. Ultimately, this resulted in the objectification of nature as an object of man’s cognition and research. Nature was then gradually put in opposition to man – the subject of cognition.
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Wpływ nowożytnego antropocentryzmu na relację człowieka do przyrody. Część druga

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2011
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vol. 9
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issue 2
9-21
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Anthropocentrism seems to be a fundamental notion concerning the man-nature relation. The anthropocentric attitude is largely meant to be the main cause of the ecological crisis. One can distinguish at least several stages of the process, which led to this crisis, namely: stage of Magic and Myth, Ancient Times, Middle Ages and Modern Times. The aim of this article is to show the process of development of an anthropocentric thought in the Modern European culture, when the culmination of this process is observed. Among the causes of the modern worldview one can mention e.g. the modern conception of science, the technology development, as well as social, political and cultural changes. Contemporary view on nature and man was influenced not only by mechanistic and materialistic theories tending to subordinate nature to man (G. Bruno, F. Bacon, R. Descartes) but also by philosophical views which on the one hand excluded man from nature (I. Kant) and on the other made attempts to restore man to nature (J. J. Rousseau, F. W. J. Schelling).
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Ekonomia w służbie zrównoważonego rozwoju

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2013
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vol. 11
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issue 1
29-45
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The main branch of traditional economics used to focus on economic and social development, and on increasing profits. This led to disregard for the scantiness of natural resources and their renewal. This article looks at the criticism of traditional economic theory by the proponents of the economics of sustainable development, most notable amongst them being the theoretician, Holger Rogall. The notion and crucial principles of the economics of sustainable development are also discussed. The proposed new paradigm in economics is strong sustainability. The theory put forward is strictly related to the idea of sustainable development and the rules of inter- and intragenerational justice and responsibility in the meaning of environmental ethics.
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Sprawozdanie z obrad Sekcji Ekofilozofii w ramach X Polskiego Zjazdu Filozoficznego w Poznaniu, Poznań, 15-19.09.2015 r.

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2016
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vol. 14
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issue 2
135-147
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Edwarda Goldsmitha krytyka nowożytnego paradygmatu postępu naukowo-technicznego

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
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2017
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vol. 15
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issue 3
37-48
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Environmental ethics finds many of its proponents among philosophizing naturalists. Interesting attitude is presented by Edward Goldsmith, who built a biospheric ethics based on the Gaia Hypothesis by James Lovelock. Goldsmith criticizes the Modern scientific paradigm. He perceives it as false and critical-creative for the relation of the humankind with ecosphere. Behind that paradigm states specific way of understanding of progress and particular ontological, axiological and ethical assumptions (ex. social Darwinism and ethical utilitarianism). Goldsmith calls ethics which covers those convictions a ‘technospheric’ ethics. He submits assumptions of this ethical attitude for criticism and oppose it to a biospheric ethics. According to the author, ethics that creates favourable conditions for achieving Gaia’s goals was natural for primitive human societies. This ethics required from human to keep a cosmic order – that is wellbeing of individuals as well as the whole community. It assumed to follow an appropriate Way, which depends on respecting definite duties and behaviour, especially in the field of rituals and religious life. Therefore, as Goldsmith convinces, one can protect effectively the ecospheric order only in a religious way. In his opinion, does not exist more immoral venture than progress, which systematically leads to replacement of the biosphere by technosphere. The progress based on the technics leads inevitably to destruction. If we want to survive as a species – we need to return to the biospheric ethics.
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Etyka środowiskowa znajduje wielu zwolenników wśród filozofujących przyrodników. Interesujący głos w tym temacie zabiera Edward Goldsmith, który na bazie Hipotezy Gai Jamesa Lovelocka zbudował etykę biosferyczną. Goldsmith krytycznie odnosi się do paradygmatu nowożytnego przyrodoznawstwa, uznając go za błędny oraz kryzysotwórczy w relacji ludzkości z całą ekosferą. Za paradygmatem tym stoi określone rozumienie postępu ludzkości oraz konkretne założenia ontologiczne, aksjologiczne i etyczne (np. darwinizm społeczny, utylitaryzm etyczny). Goldsmith nazywa etykę stojącą za tymi przekonaniami etyką technosferyczną, poddaje krytyce jej założenia i przeciwstawia jej etykę biosferyczną. Jego zdaniem, etyka sprzyjająca realizacji celów Gai była obecna w pierwotnych społecznościach ludzkich. Wymagała ona od człowieka utrzymywania porządku kosmicznego, a zarazem dobrostanu jednostki i całej społeczności, poprzez podążanie właściwą Drogą, tzn. przestrzeganie określonych obowiązków oraz zachowań, szczególnie w obszarze rytuałów i życia religijnego. Dlatego, jak przekonuje Goldsmith, skutecznie chronić porządek ekosfery można wyłącznie w sposób religijny. Nie ma, jego zdaniem, bardziej niemoralnego przedsięwzięcia niż postęp, który wiedzie systematycznie do zastąpienia biosfery przez technosferę. Rozwój oparty o technikę prowadzi w sposób nieunikniony do destrukcji. Jeśli chcemy przetrwać jako gatunek – musimy powrócić do etyki biosferycznej.
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Człowiek, zwierzęta i moralność

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Ganowicz-Bączyk A.
Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
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2016
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issue 2
265-281
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Anita Ganowicz-Bączyk's review of  Filozofia wobec świata zwierząt by Dominika Dzwonkowska, Michał Latawiec, Dariusz Gzyra, Jacek Lejman, Mirosław Twardowski, Justyna Tymieniecka-Suchanek. The book was published by Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego in Warszawa, 2015.
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