biocentristn.adj.

1946 Amer. Scholar Summer 282 Thomas Mann..contended that Freud, whom the biocentrists opposed, had made a valuable contribution to modern culture by his analysis of this dualism.

1969 F. Elder in D. R. Cutler Relig. Situation 2 xviii. 371 The ‘biocentrist’ need make no apology for his broader view, for imbedded in the sacred writings are large amounts of supporting evidence for his view.

1981 Agric. Hist. 55 333 Three distinct environmentalist parties..have appeared in those controversies: the biocentrists, who hold that nature has value in and for itself; the ecologists,..and the economists.

1989 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Dec. 35/3 To establish an ecosystem's suffering as more important than human suffering is to embrace a radicalism that is ruthless (although that apparently does not trouble some biocentrists).

2008 D. Jamieson Ethics & Environment vi. 145 For biocentrists, sentience and being the subject of a life are only part of the story. The rest of the story is the value of life itself.

1975 Soviet Geogr. 16 70 The ecological approach is now associated mainly with biocentrist thinking.

1988 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 16 Aug. (Books section) 18 By refusing to be pulled toward either an economics-based or a ‘biocentrist’ position, Rolston bridges an otherwise yawning gap between the two camps.

1996 M. B. Woodhouse Paradigm Wars 433 This critique is frequently associated with the deep ecology movement and with a biocentrist paradigm.

2003 D. G. Haskell in S. L. Spray & K. L. McGlothlin Loss of Biodiversity iii. 68 Biocentrist conservation..tends to emphasize ‘saving all the pieces’ of an ecosystem.

2007 C. B. Mitchell et al. Biotechnol. & Human Good iii. 49 The biocentrist view comes out most clearly in considering the purpose for life on earth.