单选题 Human-centered, or anthropocentric, views favor an instrumental view of the natural world and value it only as a means to human ends. Such views place great value and trust in science and technology, believing that the powers of control over nature conferred by them are non-problematical and that ongoing technical development will be crucial to ensure a world bereft of poverty, drudgery and disease etc.
A. favor an instrumental
B. a means to human ends
C. conferred by them
D. will be crucial to ensure