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