Edexcel A level Religious Studies: 1.1
Environmental Issues May 2024 Exam
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Christian approaches to environmentalism such as stewardship,
dominion and conservation. secular approaches such as shallow
ecology, deep ecology, Gaia Hypothesis and Peter Singer on
animal welfare
What is environmental ethics and what does it consider? -
Answer>> Environmental ethics, an area of philosophy which
considers the moral relationship humans have with the
environment and other animals- considering whether other life
forms have intrinsic value.
Religious approach to environmentalism: What is the three
religious, particularly Christian, approaches to environmental
ethics? - Answer>> Stewardship, dominion and conservation
What is stewardship and what is the counter approach to this
environmental approach? - Answer>> -Stewardship is a
religious approach to environmental ethics, which states that in
return for God providing the Earth for our existence, we have a
duty of care over God's creation.
-Stewardship is opposed to the idea of dominion.
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, Explain the concept of dominion, as an opposing approach to
stewardship- what word is used to describe this type of approach?
What bible verse may Christians use to infer this type of
environmentalist approach?
Which two important philosophical figures support the idea of
dominion? - Answer>> -Christians may refer to the book of
Genesis and the creation story for support of them taking a
dominion approach.
-Dominion portrays a hierarchy, in which God has placed humans
above all other life forms. Humans are above all other life forms.
we can infer the concept of dominion in Genesis 1:
"let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and the birds of
the heavens and over the livestock..."
-Dominion is a highly anthropocentric approach.
-Aristotle supported the idea of dominion and Thomas Aquinas
was influenced by Aristotle stating, "all animals are naturally
subject to man."
Religious approaches to environmentalism 2: What is
conservation? - Answer>> -Conservation, is not just a Christian
an environmentalist approach, which refers to the protection of
natural resources and our earth.
-Conservation includes protecting our earth from the detrimental
effects of global warming, climate change, acts such as
deforestation and green house emission.
-conservation intertwines with stewardship- with many Christians
believing we must protect the world as part of our duty of care.
What are challenges to the religious approaches to
environmentalism- stewardship, dominion and conservation? -
Answer>> 1.) many argue that the Christian approach of man's
dominion over nature, is a highly anthropocentric and selfish view-
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