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- Title
FRANCISCAN BIOCENTRISM AND THE FRANCISCAN TRADITION.
- Authors
Mizzoni, John
- Abstract
Franciscan biocentrism is the view that Francis of Assisi is a biocentrist who holds that all living things have intrinsic value. Recently, biocentric theorists Sterba and Taylor have modified biocentrism to accommodate holistic entities. I consider thinkers from the broader Franciscan intellectual tradition (Bonaventure and Scotus) to see whether Franciscan biocentrism can be similarly modified. I discuss notions from these medieval philosophers such as the Cosmic Christ and the concept of haecceitas. I also explore whether Franciscan biocentrism can provide a satisfactory response to the problem of evil, since Franciscan biocentrism faces an issue that secular biocentrism does not: making sense of extinction.
- Subjects
ENGLISH gardens; LANDSCAPE architecture; GARDEN styles; LANDSCAPE gardening; GARDEN historians; ENVIRONMENTALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL justice
- Publication
Ethics & the Environment, 2008, Vol 13, Issue 1, p121
- ISSN
1085-6633
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2979/ETE.2008.13.1.121