When nature is viewed solely as a source of profit and gain, this has serious consequences for society.
 Pope Francis, Laudato si' (24 May 2015 ). copy citation

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Author Pope Francis
Source Laudato si'
Topic society profit
Date 24 May 2015
Language English
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“The biblical accounts of creation invite us to see each human being as a subject who can never be reduced to the status of an object. 82. Yet it would also be mistaken to view other living beings as mere objects subjected to arbitrary human domination. When nature is viewed solely as a source of profit and gain, this has serious consequences for society. This vision of “might is right” has engendered immense inequality, injustice and acts of violence against the majority of humanity, since resources end up in the hands of the first comer or the most powerful:” source