Environmental Ethics Flashcards
(Genesis 2:15)
the command “to till, and to keep” the Garden of Eden
Francis of Assisi
Rejected wealth and power to live in harmony with nature
Pope John Paul II, peace day 1990
on ecological awareness, “peace with God the creator, peace with all creation”
“Ecological breakdown is teaching us the extent to which greed and selfishness are contrary to the order of creation”
NCCA statement
NCCA produced statement on environmental ethics called “sustaining creation” calling on Australian governments to take action on a range of environmental issues
(genesis 1:31)
“God looked at everything he had made and found it very good”
Genesis 1.28
Command in genesis to have dominion over earth
Catholic earth care Australia
This Australian initiative is part of a growing catholic concern for the environment which has been developing for many years, building on historic catholic values and attitudes such as those of st. Francis of Assisi. Pope john Paul II greatly strengthened catholic advocacy of environmental issues, leading to the establishment of organisations such as catholic earthcare Australia
“Subdue the earth”
Christian should see “subduing the earth” as continuing gods work of creation rather than the exploitation of it
Evangelicals
Not as quick to develop environmental ethical system, perhaps because they believe that although nature reveals gods qualities, we do not find god in nature (unlike Catholics)
