Human Person and Their Relation with the Environment Flashcards
According to Miriam Webster dictionary, the environment is the complex of physical, chemical, and biotic factors such as climate, soil and living things that act upon an organism or an ecological community and ultimately determine its form and survival.
The environment
It is also known as the natural resource and is characterized as?
God-given
It understands our relationship to the environment shows that human beings are a microcosm of the cosmos (‘micro’-
small + ‘cosmos’ – universe).
Cosmo-centric approach
It refers to an understanding coming from a religious interpretation.
The story relates that after creating the world, and all that is in it, including man and woman, God said “God and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it.”
Theo-centric approach
We have been given the power to make use of what has been given us, but with this power comes the responsibility and duty to take care of the gift. As such, we are not just consumers of earth’s resources. We are its ___?
co-creators
It is an approach that puts the human person in dominion over the earth but de-emphasizes the role of God.
We remember how we had to use a “controlled set up” and compared it with an “experimental set-up”.
Anthropocentric approach
___ is defined as the ability to
have good judgment that allows avoidance of dangers and risks
Prudence
___ which simply means intelligent creates a better world in our
environment. You will act, use, and harness all available resources possible in our
environment conservatively and intelligently and or course, with all due respect to
the society and human life as well
Prudence
___ is the act of
using money or other resources wisely and practically. The quality of
being thrifty, sparing, or economical in the consumption of resources and avoiding
waste, lavishness, or extravagance.
Frugality
If frugality is applied within the environment, it simply means that you have to ____ and ___
Conserve and protect
