▁an ▁E co - W ar rior ▁by ▁Dave ▁For eman ▁and ▁Green ▁R age ▁by ▁Christopher ▁Man es , ▁as ▁the ▁underlying ▁( if ▁un st ated ) ▁reason ▁why ▁human ity ▁domin ates ▁and ▁sees ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁" develop " ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁Earth . ▁Anth rop oc entr ism ▁is ▁believed ▁by ▁some ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁central ▁problem atic ▁concept ▁in ▁environmental ▁philosophy , ▁where ▁it ▁is ▁used ▁to ▁draw ▁attention ▁claims ▁of ▁a ▁system atic ▁bias ▁in ▁traditional ▁Western ▁att itudes ▁to ▁the ▁non - human ▁world . ▁Val ▁Pl um wood ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁anth rop oc entr ism ▁plays ▁an ▁analog ous ▁role ▁in ▁green ▁theory ▁to ▁and ro cent r ism ▁in ▁femin ist ▁theory ▁and ▁eth noc entr ism ▁in ▁anti - rac ist ▁theory . ▁Pl um wood ▁calls ▁human - cent red ness ▁" anth ro cent r ism " ▁to ▁emphas ise ▁this ▁parallel . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁extended ▁philosoph ical ▁ess ays ▁address ing ▁environmental ▁eth ics , ▁John ▁Pass more ' s ▁Man ' s ▁Res p ons ibility ▁for ▁Nature ▁has ▁been ▁critic ised ▁by ▁def enders ▁of ▁deep ▁e col ogy ▁because ▁of ▁its ▁anth rop oc entr ism , ▁often ▁claimed ▁to ▁be ▁constit utive ▁of ▁traditional ▁Western ▁moral ▁thought . ▁Indeed , ▁def enders ▁of ▁anth rop oc entr ism ▁concerned ▁with ▁the ▁e colog ical ▁crisis ▁cont end ▁that ▁the ▁maintenance ▁of ▁a ▁health y , ▁sust ain able ▁environment ▁is ▁necessary