Christian ethics on Environment plus Environmental facts Flashcards
Waste Management: How much waste on average does each household in the Uk produce
592 KG of waste over a year
name 3 Christian organisations tackling environmental issues
Christian Aid , CAFOD
what did Pope Francis mention about the environment and the threat to peace
’ greedy exploitation of environmental resources
Instrumental value
value in itself
Anthropocentric
Human kind as the
most important aspect of existence
peter Singer [ Secular view] why is he critical of traditional religious view of environment
he is critising Greek traditions of humans being the centre of the moral universe
idea of dominion
that humans were instated by God to rule over earth and use its resources for their own purpose
what do Christian believe environmental damage is
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
quote from Genesis 3: 14 , 17- 18
Cursed are you above all livestock and all live animals 1
In 2015 how many countries signed the [ ] agreement
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
1952 what law was passed
The Cock fighting Act outlawed Cock fighting
Sustainability
Earth’s capacity to continue supporting life
What is Deep Ecology
The environment has intrinsic value and is an ecological movement against the anthropocentrism attitude to the environment
shallow ecology
a instrumental and anthropocentric view of the environment
ecology
a philosophy of ecological harmony or equilibrium
What are 3 strengths of Deep Ecology , what does the bible say about this ?
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]
who was the important environmentalist Aldo Leopold
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.
What was the James Lovelock Gaia Hypothesis ?
That the Earth is a self regulating system and regulated by the environment so that it is perfectly suited to the Earth.
What is a key quotations that love Lock says
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’
What do all organisations do ?
The ecosystems , water , soil, and the atmosphere and the organisations help to unconsciously regulate the conditions of the Earth
