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Anthropocentric

Anthropocentric is any belief that suggest that humans are the ultimate locus of value. While all beliefs are biased towards anthropocentrism because humans thought them up, this is not necessarily so. Beliefs thought up by humans are always anthropogenic but they may not be anthropocentric. Anthropocentric beliefs are different from anthropogenic beliefs in that the latter beliefs are acknowledged as emerging from humans but they do not regard humans as the sole or most important source of value. For instance, a human who believes beetles should be valued for themselves [ed: ??] may be anthropogenic, but they aren't anthropocentric.

See also: Anthropic principle, Anthropic bias

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