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Laudato Si Flashcards

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True or False: we are called to
show mercy, to show care or malasakit – as antidote to the
throw-away culture

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True

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“More than 50 years ago, with the world on the brink of
nuclear crisis, Pope ____ wrote an Encyclical which
not only rejected war but offered a proposal for peace.

A. Benedict XVI
B. Saint John XXIII
C. Paul VI

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B. Saint John XXIII

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Pope Saint John XXIII addressed his message ____ to the entire “Catholic world” and indeed “to all men and women of good will”.

A. Rerum novarum
B. Populorum progressio
C. Pacem in terris

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C. Pacem in terris

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True or False: In Laudato Si no.3, Pope Francis said “Now, faced as we are with global environmental deterioration, I wish to address every person living on this planet…. I would like to enter into dialogue with all people about our common home.”

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True

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one of the most pressing problems that the entire human family in the world is facing and which the coming or future generation will inevitably suffer from

A. Climate change
B. Greenhouse effect
C. Cry of the Poor

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A. Climate change

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the harmful effects of environmental deterioration of our planet, which we have caused

A. Climate change
B. Greenhouse effect
C. Cry of the Poor

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A. Climate change

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consequences of our harmful actions, which unfortunately, generates or produces more damaging and irreparable impacts to communities and its environment

A. Climate change
B. Greenhouse effect
C. Cry of the Poor

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A. Climate change

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“the deterioration of the environment and of society affects the most vulnerable people on the planet.”

A. Mother Teresa
B. Pope Francis
C. Pope John Paul

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B. Pope Francis

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In August 2018, she started spending her school days outside the Swedish parliament to call for stronger action on climate change by holding up a sign reading Skolstrejk för klimatet

A. Margot Robbie
B. Christian Bale
C. Greta Thunberg

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C. Greta Thunberg

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Together, they organised a school climate strike movement under the name

A. Mondays for Morrow
B. Tuesdays for Tomorrow
C. Fridays for Future

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C. Fridays for Future

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True or False: s Laudato Si is addressed to “every person living in this planet” because ALL of us are affected – there is already a CLIMATE EMERGENCY

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True

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True or False: s Laudato Si is addressed to “every person living in this planet” because we are the ones responsible or accountable to the present and future children/generation

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True

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True or False: s Laudato Si is addressed to “every person living in this planet” because we are capable of rising above ourselves

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True

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“All is not lost. Human beings while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start”

A. Man as the image of God
B. Man as the good shepherd
C. Man as the Imago Dei

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C. Man as the Imago Dei

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“We are able to take an honest look at ourselves, to acknowledge our deep dissatisfaction, and to embark on new paths to authentic freedom”

A. Man as the image of God
B. Man as the good shepherd
C. Man as the Imago Dei

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C. Man as the Imago Dei

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“No system can completely suppress our openness to what is good, true and beautiful, or our God-given ability to respond to his grace at work deep in our hearts”

A. Man as the image of God
B. Man as the good shepherd
C. Man as the Imago Dei

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C. Man as the Imago Dei

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“I appeal to everyone throughout the world not to forget this dignity which is ours. No one has the right to take it from us.”

A. Man as the image of God
B. Man as the good shepherd
C. Man as the Imago Dei

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C. Man as the Imago Dei

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Pope urges us to respond to the signs of the times: the ecological crisis we are all experiencing especially the global problem: Climate Change.

A. Called to Caring Stewardship
B. Concern for Nature
C. Environment

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A. Called to Caring Stewardship

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He emphasizes on the need for ecological conversion, embracing ecological citizenship thru the cultivation of ecological virtues, leading to selfless ecological commitment

A. Called to Caring Stewardship
B. Concern for Nature
C. Environment

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A. Called to Caring Stewardship

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The Human Roots of the Present Ecological Crisis

A. Called to Caring Stewardship
B. Concern for Nature
C. Environment

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B. Concern for Nature

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Environmental, Social and Human Degradation

A. Called to Caring Stewardship
B. Concern for Nature
C. Environment

A

B. Concern for Nature

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Technocratic Paradigm and Modern Anthropocentrism

A. Called to Caring Stewardship
B. Concern for Nature
C. Environment

A

B. Concern for Nature

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Problem Tree Analysis

A. Called to Caring Stewardship
B. Concern for Nature
C. Environment

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B. Concern for Nature

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The human environment and the natural environment deteriorate together; we cannot adequately combat environmental degradation unless we attend to causes related to human and social degradation….

A. Environmental, Social and Human Degradation

B. Technocratic Paradigm and Modern Anthropocentrism

C. Problem Tree Analysis

A

A. Environmental, Social and Human Degradation

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Both everyday experience and scientific research show that the gravest effects of all attacks on the environment are suffered by the poorest”

A. Environmental, Social and Human Degradation

B. Technocratic Paradigm and Modern Anthropocentrism

C. Problem Tree Analysis

A

A. Environmental, Social and Human Degradation

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True or False: When we speak of the “environment”, what we really mean is a relationship existing between animals and the society which lives in it.

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False; nature instead of animals

27
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True or False: Nature can be regarded as something separate from ourselves or as a mere setting in which we live

A

False; it cannot be regarded as something separate

28
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True or False: We are part of nature, included in it and thus in constant interaction with it

A

True

29
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Recognizing the reasons why a given area is polluted requires the following except:

A. a study of the workings of society
B. economy of society
C. behavior patterns of society
D. the ways society grasps reality
E. the future of society

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E. the future of society

30
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True or False: It is essential to seek comprehensive solutions which consider the interactions within natural systems themselves and with social systems

A

True

31
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True or False: We are faced not with two separate crises, one environmental and the other social, but rather with one complex crisis which is both social and environmental

A

True

32
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Strategies for a solution demand the following except:

A. an integrated approach to combating poverty
B. restoring dignity to the excluded
C. innovative approach
D. protecting nature

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C. innovative approach

33
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The opposite of synthesis or integration, the greatest example of reductionism

A. Technocratic-paradigm
B. Modern/Tyrannical Anthropocentrism
C. Reductionism

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A. Technocratic-paradigm

34
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When knowledge is not integrated

A. Technocratic-paradigm
B. Modern/Tyrannical Anthropocentrism
C. Reductionism

A

C. Reductionism

35
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When in focusing only to a particular field of knowledge one does not see/fails to see (or intentionally turn a blind eye) the connection with other knowledge/research/ sciences/ disciplines

A. Technocratic-paradigm
B. Modern/Tyrannical Anthropocentrism
C. Reductionism

A

C. Reductionism

36
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True or False: Laudato Si’ advocates the environmental science principle “Everything is connected” or Interrelated. Hence: the need for integration or synthesis

A

True

37
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True or False: Many problems of today’s world stem from the
tendency to make the method and aims of science and technology an epistemological paradigm which shapes the lives of individuals and the workings of society

A

True

38
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True or False: We have to accept that technological products are neutral for they create a framework which ends up conditioning lifestyles and shaping social possibilities along the lines dictated by the interests of certain powerful groups

A

False; not neutral

39
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True or False: Decisions which may seem purely instrumental are in reality decisions about the kind of society we want to build.

A

True

40
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“when technology disregards the great ethical principles, it ends up considering any practice whatsoever as licit.”

A. Rorem Novarum
B. Laudato Si 136
C. Laudato Si 37

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B. Laudato Si 136

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a combination of “Technology + Greed = Disaster”

A. Technocratic-paradigm
B. Modern/Tyrannical Anthropocentrism
C. Reductionism

A

A. Technocratic-paradigm

42
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The way that humanity has taken up technology and its development according to an undifferentiated and one- dimensional paradigm

A. Technocratic-paradigm
B. Modern/Tyrannical Anthropocentrism
C. Reductionism

A

A. Technocratic-paradigm

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The beginning of Ecological Garbage is Moral Garbage

A. Pope Francis
B. Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen
C. Archbishop Jose Palma

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B. Ven. Archbishop Fulton Sheen

44
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True or False: Economic powers continue to justify the current global system where priority tends to be given to pursuit of financial gain, which considers the effects on human dignity and the natural environment.

A

False; fails to take into account

45
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true or False: Many people will deny doing anything wrong because distractions constantly dull our consciousness of just how limited and finite our world really is.

A

True

46
Q

True or False: economists, financiers and experts in echnology believes in the lie that there is a limited supply of the earth’s goods, and this leads to the planet being squeezed dry beyond every limit.

A

False; there is an infinite supply

47
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As a result, “whatever is fragile, like the environment, is defenseless before the interests of a deified market, which become the only rule”.

A. LS 136
B. LS 56
C. LS 29

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B. LS 56

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