human ▁animals . ▁Some ▁Christian ▁pro ponents ▁of ▁anth rop oc entr ism ▁base ▁their ▁belief ▁on ▁the ▁Bible , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁verse ▁ 1 : 2 6 ▁in ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁Gen esis : ▁ ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁" domin ion " ▁in ▁the ▁Gen esis ▁is ▁controvers ial . ▁Many ▁Bib lic al ▁sch ol ars , ▁especially ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁and ▁other ▁non - Pro test ant ▁Christians , ▁consider ▁this ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁fla wed ▁translation ▁of ▁a ▁word ▁meaning ▁" st ew ard ship ", ▁which ▁would ▁indicate ▁that ▁man kind ▁should ▁take ▁care ▁of ▁the ▁earth ▁and ▁its ▁various ▁forms ▁of ▁life . ▁ ▁Human ▁rights ▁Anth rop oc entr ism ▁is ▁the ▁ground ing ▁for ▁some ▁natural istic ▁concepts ▁of ▁human ▁rights . ▁Def enders ▁of ▁anth rop oc entr ism ▁argue ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁necessary ▁fundamental ▁prem ise ▁to ▁defend ▁universal ▁human ▁rights , ▁since ▁what ▁matters ▁mor ally ▁is ▁simply ▁being ▁human . ▁For ▁example , ▁noted ▁phil os opher ▁Mort imer ▁J . ▁Ad ler ▁wrote , ▁" Th ose ▁who ▁opp ose ▁inj ur ious ▁disc rim ination ▁on ▁the ▁moral ▁ground ▁that ▁all ▁human ▁be ings , ▁being ▁equal ▁in ▁their ▁human ity , ▁should ▁be ▁treated ▁equally ▁in ▁all ▁those ▁respect s ▁that ▁concern ▁their ▁common ▁human ity , ▁would ▁have ▁no ▁solid ▁basis ▁in ▁fact ▁to ▁support ▁their ▁norm ative ▁principle ." ▁Ad ler ▁is ▁stating ▁here , ▁that ▁den ying ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁called ▁human