Christian ethics on Environment plus Environmental facts

Question 1

Waste Management: How much waste on average does each household in the Uk produce

Answer 1

592 KG of waste over a year

Question 2

name 3 Christian organisations tackling environmental issues

Answer 2

Christian Aid , CAFOD

Question 3

what did Pope Francis mention about the environment and the threat to peace

Answer 3

’ greedy exploitation of environmental resources

Question 4

Instrumental value

Answer 4

value in itself

Question 5

Anthropocentric

Answer 5

Human kind as the

most important aspect of existence

Question 6

peter Singer [ Secular view] why is he critical of traditional religious view of environment

Answer 6

he is critising Greek traditions of humans being the centre of the moral universe

Question 7

idea of dominion

Answer 7

that humans were instated by God to rule over earth and use its resources for their own purpose

Question 8

what do Christian believe environmental damage is

Answer 8

Its part of Human Original sin and therefore should be rectified.
Shows this can restore Gods relationship with humans and repairing the damage done by the fall

Question 9

quote from Genesis 3: 14 , 17- 18

Answer 9

Cursed are you above all livestock and all live animals 1

Question 10

In 2015 how many countries signed the [ ] agreement

Answer 10

200 countries signed the Paris Agreement at he United Nations conference which proposed to keep global temperature increases below 2.0 and eventually reduce green house gas emissions

Question 11

1952 what law was passed

Answer 11

The Cock fighting Act outlawed Cock fighting

Question 12

Sustainability

Answer 12

Earth’s capacity to continue supporting life

Question 13

What is Deep Ecology

Answer 13

The environment has intrinsic value and is an ecological movement against the anthropocentrism attitude to the environment

Question 14

shallow ecology

Answer 14

a instrumental and anthropocentric view of the environment

Question 15

ecology

Answer 15

a philosophy of ecological harmony or equilibrium

Question 16

What are 3 strengths of Deep Ecology , what does the bible say about this ?

Answer 16

one strength is by following the 8 principles of Arne Naeess and the idea is that in the bible it refers to the understanding of equilibrium and harmony [ Ecosophy] .
Another strength is the intrinsic value placed upon oneself
Another strength is the idea of deep ecology being able to meet vital needs through the understandings of the environmental aspects of the world such as climate change , the ideas of stewardship an idea drawn from the genesis talking about the use of dominion]

Question 17

who was the important environmentalist Aldo Leopold

Answer 17

spoke about the use of ‘land Ethic’ , land is a basic concept of Ecology that is supposedly respected as an underlining issue of environmental issues that can be seen as another element of ecology.

Question 18

What was the James Lovelock Gaia Hypothesis ?

Answer 18

That the Earth is a self regulating system and regulated by the environment so that it is perfectly suited to the Earth.

Question 19

What is a key quotations that love Lock says

Answer 19

He calles the Earth ‘Gaia ‘which is a GreekDeity which is personified by the Earth itself

Lovelock writes ‘ the entire surface of the Earth including life is self regulating entity and this is what I mean by Gaia’

Question 20

What do all organisations do ?

Answer 20

The ecosystems , water , soil, and the atmosphere and the organisations help to unconsciously regulate the conditions of the Earth