Ecophilic beginning of vegetarianism
The object of the research is ecophilia and ecophobia trends in the public consciousness. The relationship between anthropology, technology, and ecology is a necessary trend in the era of hybrid solutions. Efficiency and surplus value in the twenty-first century are not seen as antipodes to compassion and care, and the ethical requirements of treating animals have become an important component of non-classical discourse. Necessity of approaching acotylea the ideal of human development and civilization. The interaction and interpenetration of scientific, philosophical, religious and environmental views allows us to expand and enrich the experience of interaction between man and nature and thus contributes to the formation of a spiritual culture of the individual, the ecology of the spirit. When a person takes responsibility for nature, they master the ecological culture. Religious culture ennobles science with moral values, thereby contributing to its harmonization and improvement of the ecophilic type of person. Subject of research: vegetarianism as ecophilic and ecotheologian concept. The relevance of the research lies in the fact that vegetarianism as a theoretical and practical approach to maintaining life allows us to evaluate and identify ways to solve environmental problems. A vegetarian diet is correlated with both the ethical position, with an systemogenesis law and morality, and religious attitudes. The connection of vegetarianism and ecology is reflected in ekofilm approach to the environment. The author relies on general scientific methods at the theoretical level: genetic, comparative, system, and factor analysis. A review of the literature in the field of research, the main conclusions. Vegetarianism can be considered an indicator that denotes ecofeminist public consciousness. Philosophical understanding of the problem of vegetarianism is both a problem of bioethics and environmental ethics, and a problem of ecotheology. The ethical view of vegetarianism consists in an understanding of the value of life for all living things and a biocentric respect for animal organisms. The ecoteological approach is shown by the example of the theory and practice of vegetarianism in Vedic culture.