> If the last human dies and there is no one there to witness it, who is there to claim this a catastrophe? This is an interesting question, and the answer one

> If the last human dies and there is no one there to witness it, who is there to claim this a catastrophe? This is an interesting question, and the answer one gives is highly dependent upon their worldview and beliefs. From a Christian perspective (on which most of the Western world was based), the earth was given to humans along with an explicit decree to have children and "subdue" it and everything on it ( https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+1%3A28&version=NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=genesis+1%3A28&... ). Therefore in the Christian worldview, Earth is pretty explicitly defined as human-centric, and human life is considered above all else on this Earth.