KOMPROMIS MIĘDZY ANTROPOSZOWINIZMEM I EKOLOGIZMEM JAKO WARUNEK ZRÓWNOWAŻONEGO ROZWOJU LUDZKOŚCI

Anthropocentrism has long been formed based on philosophy that proclaims the domination of man in the world. However, in recent years an oppositional concept has emerged within the philosophy of the environment, called ecologism. In the "human-environment" relationship, it places more emphasis on the environment (on its protection against devastation) than on man. It bases on the presupposition that environmental quality determines human biological and social existence. Even the perfect person cannot survive in a poisoned natural environment or in a degenerate social environment. Ecologism has become a counterweight to anthropochauvinism, an extreme form of anthropocentrism that has been rooted in the consciousness of the masses for thousands of years and is currently supported by the neoliberal economy, the Catholic religion and the ideology of consumption. With great difficulty, it develops in the struggle against its opponents, who have identified this trend of philosophy with ideology. It is easier to oppose an ideology (considered bad for no reason) than a philosophy. The article includes a quite detailed description of anthropochauvinism and ecologism, as well as philosophical environmentalism, which partially belongs to ecologism. The author concludes that these two trends become more radical as civilization progresses, what greatly impairs the further development of our species. A compromise is therefore necessary. Finding it has become the imperative of the moment because we are probably the last generation, which can stop or slow the march to the fall of humanity.