PLS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: United Nations Special Rapporteur, Anthropocentrism
Document Summary
Un framework principles on human rights and the. They were developed by john knox, un special. They represent actual and emerging human rights law. States should ensure a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment in order to respect, protect and fulfil human rights. States should respect, protect and fulfil human rights in order to ensure a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Enjoyment of a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. Right to standard living, adequate food/drinking water/ sanitation, housing, participation in cultural life and development, rights to freedom of expression and association, education, information, and participation and effective remedies. Humans don"t have a special moral place; the assumption that humans are central to existence (anthropocentrism) has led to great damage. Humans are a part of the environment even as we are distinct. We need an ecologically enlightened anthropocentrism that is less arrogant and more reflexive (barry & woods, 409)
