A Critical Analysis of Speciesism as an Anthropocentric Worldview of Environmental Ethics: Humans' Responsibility to Non-Human Species.

 Human interference to the environment is increasing day by day. As a result, the environment is facing
complete destruction. Each member has an important role in the environment, they form a beautiful
environment in harmony with each other. But human oppression destroyed and affected the other species of
the environment. That’s why the environment stand at the crucial point of the destruction today. Now we feel
the urgency of analyzing it, when the environmental crises, like the exhaustion of natural resources and
greenery, climate catastrophe, animal killings etc. are at doorstep. Human civilization has achieved significant
progress in scientific, technological, industrial and economic fields, but all developments in these fields have
been pursued, and are being pursued, at the high cost of exploitation and exhaustion of environment. Man
cannot survive as a completely separate entity from the environment. Because the members of the
environment are interdependent in relation to each other. So the environment must be protected. We have to
protect other members of the environment as well as animals and to create a healthy and beautiful
environment. Human are the most intelligent being of this world, who are capable of moral conduct. So they
have responsibility to protect all members of the environment. We should overcome the narrowness of
anthropocentric morality and to extend the circle of moral considerations to the ecocentic morality. The result
will be a beautiful and healthy environment. In this paper, I will address the shortcomings of the
anthropocentric approach to the moral consideration and try to show how the non-human beings can be
included in moral consideration. That is, we will try to find a way to extend the circle of moral consideration
from human-centric to leaving beings, where all living beings to be given respect. Finally, I will try to find out
a guideline of on creating a healthy and peaceful environment through human friendly behavior towards
animals by eliminating aggression and violence in society and environment.