**Abstract**

The recognition of the rights to a new subject, nature, and its moral consideration requires an ethical analysis for the theoretical-legal construction. In anthropocentric thought, the relationship between humans and living beings is discussed from the definition of their power and hierarchy towards the environment. In contrast, Andean philosophy surpasses the vision of an independent rational subject, alien to nature and reaffirms its interconnection, interdependence and cooperation between all living beings in the community, with a fundamental approach to the care of life. Against this background, this question was proposed: Does the existing value scheme in today's societies ensure the vital processes of nature? or is it necessary to change the ethical-moral paradigm in which nature is subject to rights? This work, considering the Andean philosophy and ancestral knowledge, the path of intercultural interpretation of human-nature relations marked through the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court of Ecuador that recognizes the ethical and moral principles that regulates them, which proposes the use of natural resources in a sustainable way, avoiding their exploitation and guaranteeing the survival of species and ecosystems. A combination of the historical, comparative, analytical, and argumentative method was used as an investigative method.

**Keywords:** anthropocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, ethics, Andean philosophy
