Biocentrism - for any part of the game? good idea?

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The term Biocentrism encompasses all environmental ethics that “extend the status of moral object from human beings to all living things in nature.” Biocentric ethics calls for a rethinking of the relationship between humans and nature. It states that nature does not exist simply to be used or consumed by humans, but that humans are simply one species amongst many, and that because we are part of an ecosystem, any actions which negatively affect the living systems of which we are a part adversely affect us as well, whether or not we maintain a biocentric worldview. Biocentrists believe that all species have inherent value, and that humans are not "superior" to other species in a moral or ethical sense.

The four main pillars of a biocentric outlook are:

    .Humans and all other species are members of Earth's community.
    .All species are part of a system of interdependence.
    .All living organisms pursue their own "good" in their own ways.
    .Human beings are not inherently superior to other living things.

 Biocentric Universe:

Biocentric Universe: also known as Biocentrism is a concept which sees biology as the central driving science in the universe, and an understanding of the other sciences as reliant on a deeper understanding of biology. Biocentrism states that life and biology are central to being, reality, and the cosmos — life creates the universe rather than the other way around. It asserts that current theories of the physical world do not work, and can never be made to work, until they fully account for life and consciousness. While physics is considered fundamental to the study of the universe, and chemistry fundamental to the study of life, biocentrism claims that scientists will need to place biology before the other sciences to produce a theory of everything...

 

Biocentrism - for any part of the game? good or bad idea?

 

Thanks.

 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Sounds like you'd make the top of the Yor extermination list with that ideology. 

Seriously those if the where to attempt to have more diverse and complex ideologies I'd say yes. But frankly dont think it would fit into the simple good bad netural ideology system they have planed.

 

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Would make a great basis for an original civilization, and can be interpreted to follow any of the three ideological paths.

 

Member of the species could be very sophisticated Von Neuman machines and be at the intersection of biological and artificial life.

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Yes you could use it as the basis of an interesting custom race instead.  That could very much work.  Remember races can be given their own technology tree in keeping. 

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Good idea.

The Altarians had this to some extent in GCII.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

As others stated, could be an interesting premise for a new race.  I would call them the Star Hippies. They love everyone (except the Yor) and they only eat organic.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

They see everyone else as being equally important, thats different. And like in real life, some are always more equal than others. Maybe they see themselves as superior and different, if they're not quite biological and if they see themselves as keepers of the "balance". And maybe the penalty for threatening harmony is destruction.

 

Get along together, or else, could be their motto.

Reply #7 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Biocentrism is stupid. Power can only be wielded be those with hands and brains. Anything else can be between two slices of bread for all I care.* (some exceptions exist.)

 

DARCA. ;)

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Reply #8 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

only an idea... on beginning of the civilization or other path... :)

Reply #9 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting econundrum1, reply 1

Sounds like you'd make the top of the Yor extermination list with that ideology. 

Seriously those if the where to attempt to have more diverse and complex ideologies I'd say yes. But frankly dont think it would fit into the simple good bad netural ideology system they have planed.

 

The third pillar tells me this would be a neutral ideology. To be evil or good is to compromise on the pursuit of your own interest. But because it's galciv 3 we are talking about it is your race/nations interest.

+Diplomacy

+Research

-Population (or more accurately food)

-Manufacturing (although manufacturing of the future probably won't affect the environment like it does now)

Ta`da, it is now a galciv 3 ideology.

Reply #10 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting DARCA1213, reply 7

Biocentrism is stupid. Power can only be wielded be those with hands and brains. Anything else can be between two slices of bread for all I care.* (some exceptions exist.)

 

DARCA.

 

Yor on rye with mustard?

Reply #11 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting ElanaAhova, reply 10
Yor on rye with mustard?

Wouldn't all that metal be bad for your teeth?

Reply #12 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting Gaunathor, reply 11


Quoting ElanaAhova, reply 10Yor on rye with mustard?

Wouldn't all that metal be bad for your teeth?

 

My MD says I need more iron in my diet (really, RL).  Do Yor have iron as one of their component materials? 

Reply #13 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting ElanaAhova, reply 12



My MD says I need more iron in my diet (really, RL).  Do Yor have iron as one of their component materials? 

I'd imagine they do.

I hope you like it rough.

Reply #14 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting ElanaAhova, reply 12
My MD says I need more iron in my diet (really, RL).  Do Yor have iron as one of their component materials?

Not as far as I know. The only information about their composition I have is from their GalCiv 1 entry.

They are made of a material that isn’t quite metal but is much stronger than metal – at least according to the Arceans.