“ There can be no ecology without an adequate anthropology. ”
Pope Francis, Laudato si' (24 May 2015 ). copy citation
Author | Pope Francis |
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Source | Laudato si' |
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Date | 24 May 2015 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://w2.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-fra... |
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“This situation has led to a constant schizophrenia, wherein a technocracy which sees no intrinsic value in lesser beings coexists with the other extreme, which sees no special value in human beings. But one cannot prescind from humanity. There can be no renewal of our relationship with nature without a renewal of humanity itself. There can be no ecology without an adequate anthropology. When the human person is considered as simply one being among others, the product of chance or physical determinism, then “our overall sense of responsibility wanes”. [96] A misguided anthropocentrism need not necessarily yield to”
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