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Introduction Introduction
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The Methodological Turn to Naturalism The Methodological Turn to Naturalism
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Ecology, Uncertainty, and Biodiversity Ecology, Uncertainty, and Biodiversity
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Enriching Theology With Ecology: Challenging and Accepting Human Dominion Enriching Theology With Ecology: Challenging and Accepting Human Dominion
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Enriching Ecology With Theology: The Nature of Ethics Enriching Ecology With Theology: The Nature of Ethics
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Toward an Ethics of Biodiversity: Science and Theology in Environmentalist Dialogue
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Published:June 2007
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Abstract
Inherent in the concept of biodiversity are two claims: that life on this planet is vastly diverse, and that this diversity is under threat from our species. This chapter asks how to respond to these facts, and offers two answers. The first is a broad, methodological argument that, however environmentalist moral theologians respond to the concept of biodiversity and the natural world it represents, we must do so in conversation with the scientists who have most carefully defined and monitored it. This point is made partly by articulating a methodology of naturalism, but also by modeling it, developing a position in dialogue with scientific ecologists who study biodiversity. The second answer is a constructive theological argument about how Christian thinkers should understand the world and humanity's role in it. It argues that theologians and theological ethicists must take biodiversity seriously as a place where humanity encounters the rest of creation, and that this means becoming fully aware simultaneously of the immense power our species has established over all other forms of life and of the limitations in our ability to use that power responsibly.
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