Looking into the Axiological and Ethical Dimensions of Avatar: Harnessing a Biocentric Environmental Ethics

A Thesis Submitted to theDivision of PhilosophyDepartment of HumanitiesCollege of Arts and SciencesUniversity of the Philippines Los Banos

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirementsfor the Degree of Bachelor of Artsin Philosophy

Pabon, Justin Eric TMay,2015

TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroductionChapter I ------------ Learning to See in AvatarA. Movies PerspectiveB. Expansion in the BookC. Changing PerspectiveChapter II ------------ Avatar:Values and EthicsA. Value as Instrumental, Intrinsic Value, Inherent B. Ethics as Biocentric Chapter III ------------- Harnessing a Biocentric Environmental EthicsA. Virtue EthicsB. Environmental Virtue EthicsC. Interdependency and InterconnectednessD. Enlightened AnthropocentrismE. Environmental Virtue Ethics as BiocentricChapter IV ------------- Implications of Biocentric Environmental EthicsConclusion