[bluemooner]

Recently I have started believing that humans are just another part of nature and nothing more. I don’t know whether this idea is part of some greater philosophical tradition. I have not looked into it, but it feels like it should be, i.e. probably somebody else has already thought and written about it. The good part of thinking like this is that you become content with everything, you don’t worry about stuff not working out because you believe there’s no reason why it should in the first place. The bad part is that you might affect the people around you.

[FinanceAnon]

I think you might be referring to something like Ecocentrism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecocentrism), as opposed to Anthropocentrism which centers around humans.

[bluemooner]

Yes, I am referring to a nature-centric approach to life and ecocentrism seems to be getting there. However, I don’t agree with the ethical claim in ecocentrism which seems to imply an ecological movement: humans should respect nature and compensate for destroying it. This very idea gives humans a special role. I believe humans destroying nature is part of nature itself, so motivating ecology using ecocentrism raises a contradiction. PS: I am not claiming we should destroy nature.

[throw0101a]

> there’s no reason why it should in the first place.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism

[lotsofpulp]

That’s a big part of Buddhism/Hinduism.