Biodiversity and Beauty
There is a moral obligation on human beings to preserve all other living species. The beauty of God, as revealed and mirrored in creation, is the basis for such an obligation. We cannot idealise such beauty; it is marked by contingency and suffering. This approach draws from the theology of Hans Urs...
| Published in: | Pacifica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1995
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Pacifica
Year: 1995, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 335-345 |
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| Summary: | There is a moral obligation on human beings to preserve all other living species. The beauty of God, as revealed and mirrored in creation, is the basis for such an obligation. We cannot idealise such beauty; it is marked by contingency and suffering. This approach draws from the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. While this moral obligation imposes demands on humans, it also sets limits to such demands. |
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| ISSN: | 1839-2598 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Pacifica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/1030570X9500800305 |