What is the way of looking at the world which emphasizes the importance of human beings?

Anthropocentrism is the belief that humans are the most important entity on earth and the universe. It is very prevalent among people and has been criticized as harmful to the environment and other species on earth, but it's also promoted as an potentially good thing, because humans need an healthy and diverse environment to thrive, which would make anthropocentrism beneficial for the biosphere as well as the humans.