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| Extending moral values to others |
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| A measure of the worth of something |
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| Items have worth only because they are valued by another person |
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| Intrinsic or innate worth |
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to work or to serve
“as for me and my house, we will ‘abad Jehovah”
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To keep or to preserve
"The Lord bless you and shamar you, the Lord make his face to shine upon you." (Numbers 6:24) |
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| "Let us make man in our image..and let them have DOMINION over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air.." |
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resolves the tension between dominion and serving/keeping.
involves:
-accountability
-limited authority
-sustainability
-instrumental vs. intrinsic value
-setting priorities |
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| Emphasis on new heaven but not new earth |
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| Why should we be concerned about enviromental degregation? |
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1. Creation was claimed "good" not "good for"
2. the "Book of Creation" reveals some attributes of god
3. WE bear a responsibility toward future generations |
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| Immediate concerns for the enviroment |
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1. Clean water
2. Sanitation/Waste
3. Poverty
4. Energy Generation
(The dispute over biofuels - the amount of grain it takes to fill an SUV with ethanol could feed a person for a yr)
5. Natural habitat and biodiversity loss
6. Climate change
7. Loss of nonrenewable energy sources
8. Increased food production |
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More or less predictable and orderly changes in the composition or structure of an ecological community.
ex. mosses -> grasses -> ferns -> trees |
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