Survey Results

Environmental ethics: non-anthropocentric or anthropocentric?

Population

AOS

Region

for

Exclude answers beyond respondent's first 50

Include skip/insufficiently familiar answers

890 respondents

What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Collapse accept and lean towards

Accept or lean towards:
anthropocentric

42.25% (40.45%)

Reject or lean against:
anthropocentric

0.00% (0.00%)

Accept or lean towards:
non-anthropocentric

50.67% (48.76%)

Reject or lean against:
non-anthropocentric

0.00% (0.00%)

Accept a combination of views

1.91%

Accept an alternative view

0.67%

The question is too unclear to answer

2.92%

There is no fact of the matter

0.56%

Agnostic/undecided

4.38%

Other

0.34%

N = 890, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (253 respondents)

Alternative Views

14 target respondents indicated that they accept or lean toward an alternative view. The words used in their responses cluster as follows. These results are not filtered by AOS, region, etc.

HUMA (3): human (2) humans (1)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.35	Eating animals and animal products: omnivorism (yes and yes)
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	246	109
Reject	171	267

n: 793

p < 0.0001

r: -0.3	Eating animals and animal products: veganism (no and no)
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	39	316
Reject	132	306

n: 793

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Politics: capitalism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	121	144
Reject	106	258

n: 629

p < 0.0001

r: 0.21	Gender categories: preserve
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	85	193
Reject	58	296

n: 632

p < 0.0001

r: -0.21	Other minds: fish
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	188	122
Reject	283	106

n: 699

p < 0.0001

r: -0.18	Other minds: plants
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	12	298
Reject	39	350

n: 699

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Gender categories: revise
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	132	147
Reject	215	139

n: 633

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Gender: social
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	198	124
Reject	312	98

n: 732

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Other minds: current AI systems
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	8	302
Reject	17	372

n: 699

p < 0.0001

r: 0.17	Political philosophy: libertarianism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	65	233
Reject	47	329

n: 674

p < 0.0001

r: -0.17	Other minds: flies
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	95	215
Reject	153	236

n: 699

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Eating animals and animal products: vegetarianism (no and yes)
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	73	282
Reject	143	296

n: 794

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Other minds: worms
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	68	242
Reject	103	286

n: 699

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Abortion: permissible
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	252	62
Reject	350	55

n: 719

p < 0.0001

r: -0.14	Extended mind: yes
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	134	137
Reject	198	135

n: 604

p: 0.0004

r: -0.14	Other minds: particles
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	5	305
Reject	10	379

n: 699

p: 0.0002

r: -0.13	Philosophical methods: conceptual engineering
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	136	223
Reject	210	238

n: 807

p < 0.0001

r: -0.13	Aesthetic experience: perception
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	57	146
Reject	85	160

n: 448

p: 0.0052

r: 0.13	Capital punishment: permissible
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	74	240
Reject	58	342

n: 714

p: 0.0004

r: -0.13	Analysis of knowledge: other analysis
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	83	202
Reject	134	221

n: 640

p: 0.0011

r: -0.13	Race: social
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	213	110
Reject	300	111

n: 734

p: 0.0006

r: -0.13	Other minds: cats
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	278	32
Reject	360	29

n: 699

p: 0.0008

r: 0.12	Gender: biological
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	130	191
Reject	119	285

n: 725

p: 0.001

r: -0.12	Political philosophy: egalitarianism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	145	152
Reject	193	185

n: 675

p: 0.0019

r: 0.12	Analysis of knowledge: justified true belief
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	91	194
Reject	86	270

n: 641

p: 0.0025

r: -0.12	True contradictions: actual
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	33	226
Reject	52	275

n: 586

p: 0.0039

r: -0.11	Other minds: future AI systems
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	120	190
Reject	160	229

n: 699

p: 0.0033

r: 0.11	Propositions: nonexistent
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	40	161
Reject	39	233

n: 473

p: 0.0188

r: 0.11	God: theism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	90	261
Reject	77	360

n: 788

p: 0.0028

r: -0.1	Possible worlds: abstract
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	155	139
Reject	235	137

n: 666

p: 0.0074

r: -0.1	Causation: process/production
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	54	189
Reject	86	221

n: 550

p: 0.0177

r: -0.1	Philosophical methods: empirical philosophy
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	217	142
Reject	299	149

n: 807

p: 0.0043

r: 0.1	Cosmological fine-tuning: design
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	52	178
Reject	46	235

n: 511

p: 0.0248

r: -0.1	Gender: psychological
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	69	252
Reject	117	286

n: 724

p: 0.0078

r: -0.1	Well-being: objective list
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	113
Reject	216	119

n: 607

p: 0.0154

r: -0.1	Cosmological fine-tuning: brute fact
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	158
Reject	101	179

n: 509

p: 0.0271

r: -0.1	Response to external-world skepticism: semantic externalist
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	18	232
Reject	27	291

n: 568

p: 0.0219

r: -0.09	Metaphilosophy: naturalism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	159	150
Reject	213	148

n: 670

p: 0.0149

r: 0.09	Immortality: yes
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	157	142
Reject	175	213

n: 687

p: 0.0145

r: 0.09	Race: biological
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	77	245
Reject	72	339

n: 733

p: 0.0119

r: 0.09	True contradictions: impossible
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	207	52
Reject	233	94

n: 586

p: 0.0247

r: 0.09	Well-being: desire satisfaction
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	71	201
Reject	55	281

n: 608

p: 0.0223

r: 0.09	Logic: classical
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	188	83
Reject	203	118

n: 592

p: 0.0367

r: -0.08	Truth: epistemic
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	32	282
Reject	50	354

n: 718

p: 0.0231

r: -0.08	Mind: physicalism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	174	166
Reject	239	173

n: 752

p: 0.0211

r: -0.08	Consciousness: panpsychism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	26	239
Reject	31	317

n: 613

p: 0.0399

r: 0.08	Possible worlds: nonexistent
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	106	188
Reject	107	265

n: 666

p: 0.0435

r: -0.08	Meta-ethics: moral realism
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	220	124
Reject	314	119

n: 777

p: 0.0291

r: 0.07	Race: unreal
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Accept	Reject
Accept	66	250
Reject	63	338

n: 717

p: 0.0486

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.17	Gender: male
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	317	48
Reject	349	114

n: 828

p < 0.0001

r: -0.16	Gender: female
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	48	317
Reject	112	351

n: 828

p < 0.0001

r: 0.14	Philosopher: Aquinas
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	24	274
Reject	10	349

n: 657

p: 0.0005

r: 0.11	Philosopher: Aristotle
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	76	222
Reject	59	300

n: 657

p: 0.0038

r: 0.09	Philosopher: Hegel
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	15	283
Reject	7	352

n: 657

p: 0.0181

r: 0.09	AOS: Philosophy of Social Science
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	26	342
Reject	16	451

n: 835

p: 0.0078

r: -0.09	AOS: Feminist Philosophy
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	11	357
Reject	30	437

n: 835

p: 0.0129

r: 0.08	AOS: Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	19	349
Reject	14	453

n: 835

p: 0.0258

r: -0.07	AOS: Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Environmental ethics: anthropocentric	Yes	No
Accept	23	345
Reject	48	419

n: 835

p: 0.0436