The Future of Ethics: Sustainability, Social Justice, and Religious Creativity

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◆ 327 ◆ Index accountability, 113 charity and, 239 stewardship model and, 298–99 Acton Institute, 47 adaptive learning, 5–6, 162, 180 adaptive management, 162–68, 180 criticisms of, 165, 167 inclusive model of, 169 tasks of, 172–73 adoption, 253 advocacy strategies, 50–51 Africa, 236 AfricanAmericans. See race, racism agape, 85, 99–100, 102 Agius, Emmanuel, 286 agrarians, 263–65, 268–70 agriculture, 263 Akwesasne Mohawk people, 195–96 Alexander, Michelle, 201 ancestor worship, 299 Anchorage Declaration, 297 anthromes, 2 anthropocene ethics in, 1–15, 324 term, 1, 14n3 anthropocentrism, 121, 204, 214, 219 anthropocosmicism, 217, 222 apocalyptic strategies, 48–50 and intergenerational ethics, 310–16 Arctic, 36 Arrhenius, Svante, 26 ascetic spirituality, 258–59 atmospheric commons, proposals for, 40–41 Augustine, 251, 256 avoidance strategies, 46–48 term, 46–47 Bacon, Roger, 166 Baker-Fletcher, Karen, 208 Barry, Brian, 139–40, 302 Basil of Caesarea, 255 Beck, Ulrich, 194 behavior, religious ethics and, 5 Bell, Daniel, 220, 265 beloved community, 104 Benedict XVI, pope, 47 beneficence, 288 Berkes, Fikret, 164, 167 Berry,Thomas, 14n3, 167, 180 Berry,Wendell, 263–64, 268–69, 271 Bible Genesis, 210 Genesis 1:28, 232, 252 Hosea 2:5, 4:3, 232 Isaiah 1:17-18, 149 1 John 5:3-4, 67 Luke 10:29-37, 111 Luke 14:15-24, 118 Mark 12:33, 282 Psalms 85:11, 149 Psalms 146:6-9, 16 Romans 8:22-3, 190, 214 biodiversity loss, 29, 232–35, 240–43 nature of, 240–41 valuations of, 241–43 biomedical ethics, 155, 170–71 birthing rights, tradeable, 249 Blair,Tony, 29 blessing, 270–71 328 INDEX Boff, Leonardo, 118, 215, 244 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 11, 57, 103–4 border crossing, moral, 118 agents of, 114, 125 difficulties with, 128 and middle axioms, 131 Borlaug, Norman, 263 Bourdieu, Pierre, 46–47, 90–91 Brazil, 38 Bretherton, Luke, 95–96, 117, 257, 259 bricolage, 85–87, 94 Bullard, Robert, 199, 201–2 Burke, Edmund, 295–96 Burwell, Dollie, 200, 204, 207 Cahill, Lisa, 127–28, 132 Callahan, Daniel, 285 Calvinism, 258 Canasta Communitaria Utopia. See Riobamba Utopia co-op Caney, Simon, 30, 37 capabilities, 236 and obligations, disagreements on, 38–39 carbon dioxide, 26–27 targets for, 30–31 carbon dioxide equivalent, 27, 60n22 carbon offsets, 55–56, 66n117, 259 carbon tax, 33, 262 carrying capacity, term, 247 Carson, Rachel, 193 Carter, J. Kameron, 209 Carter, Jimmy, 193 Casidy, John, 279n108 Catholicism and common good, 130 and contraception, 249, 251 green sisters, 177 and social ethics, 126–27 Vatican City carbon offsets, 55–56, 66n117 and watersheds, 178–82 CatholicWorker Movement, 72 Cavanaugh,William, 256, 309 Center for Health, Environment, and Justice, 193 change, managing, 162–68 charity, 237–39, 312 Chavez Quispe, Maria, 53 Chavis, Ben, 200 chemicals environmental, 190–231 uses of, 192 Chesapeake Bay, 149–50, 168–69, 173–74 children caring for, 197 environmental toxins and, 191, 196 as gifts, 253 mortality among, 250–51 sacrifice of, failure to act as, 306–10 China, 38, 236, 248 Christian ethics and climate change, 23, 46–58 and consumption, 255–61 and development, 267–71 and end of nature, 23–33 future of, 22, 323–25 and intergenerational issues, 283–84 Ottati on, 76 and planetary declarations, 124–26 and poverty, 237–39, 255–56 and response, 22, 33, 46 at risk, 23 social problems and, 69–75 and tactical theology, 54–58 task of, 95 and unprecedented problems, 67–110 See also ethics; religious ethics Christian social ethic criticism of, 71–72 moral community of, 99–100 Niebuhr and, 74–75 church King and, 102–4 Niebuhr on, 83–84, 102 329 Index and poverty, 73 Church of St. Paul & St. James, 282–84, 310–12, 316 church practices, 97–104 outside church, 99–100 ChurchWorld Service, 50 Citizens Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, 193 civil rights movement, 82, 85–88, 99–100, 199, 202–3 CLAI. See Latin American Council of Churches climate change, 16–66 and anthropocene, 2 causes of, 26–27 Christianity and, 79–80, 160 dangerous levels of, 25–26, 30 ethics of, 1 impacts of, 27–29, 35–36 intergenerational issues in, 282–322 moral evaluation of, 21–22 objectives on, 29–31 as perfect moral storm, 33–45 as unprecedented problem, 16–17 Club of Rome, 135 Cobb, Charles, 211 Cobb, John, 233, 249, 265, 292 Cochabamba,People’s Agreement of, 30–31 Cocoyoc Declaration, 136, 147n83 coercion, 33...