Theocentrism

Question 1

Many blame the ______ __________ ethic for the environmental crisis we are in today.

Answer 1

Christian Environmental

Question 2

What is the purpose of DeWeese’s article?

Answer 2

To cover these issues in environmental ethics: preservation, conservation, sustainability, and restoration.

Question 3

Know Deweese’s critique of the four main views that oppose his own.

Answer 3

Minimalist: no moral responsibility for how we use, or abuse, nature itself.
Ecocentric: ignores many ways in which God can use his creation.
Biocentric: the christian view of the “image of God” sets humans apart from the rest of nature in an important way.
Resacralizing: closely associated with “deep ecology” or “ecofeminism”

Question 4

DeWeese argues that if God is creator then he: 1) is the _________ and _______ of creation. 2) __________ something of himself in creation, and that nature is God’s to _______ as he pleases.

Answer 4

1) owner, master, 2) must impact, employ