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Biocentrism in Law

The paradigm of biocentrism and the values that it promotes are beginning to be used in law.

In recent years cities in Maine, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Virgina have adopted

laws is to prevent the degradation of nature; especially by corporations who may want to exploit natural resources and land space, and to also use the environment as a dumping ground for toxic waste.[2]

The first country to include rights of nature in its constitution is Ecuador [3] (See 2008 Constitution of Ecuador).Article 71 states that nature "has the right to integral respect for its existence and for the maintenance and regeneration of its life cycles, structure, functions and evolutionary processes"[4] This statement demonstrates biocentric views by acknowledging that nature has intrinsic value by simply existing.

References

  1. ^ Merchant, Brian. "125 Cities Passed Laws Placing Rights of Citizens, Nature Ahead of Corporations". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  2. ^ Merchant, Brian. "125 Cities Passed Laws Placing Rights of Citizens, Nature Ahead of Corporations". Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  3. ISBN 9781412996945
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  4. ^ NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. "CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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