Is Western Christianity responsible for the modern environmental crisis?

What will be an ideal response?


Historian Lynn White Jr. argued in 1967 that Western Christianity, with its view of nature as under human control and direction, bears a substantial responsibility for the modern environmental crisis.

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The Stoics view of the emotions was that

a. the best life is one in which I am no longer controlled by my emotions. b. it is necessary to express my emotions to be a fulfilled human being. c. pleasure and desire are good emotions but grief and fear are to be avoided. d. the only emotions that are necessary and unavoidable are pleasure, desire, grief, and fear.

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Teleological ethics puts the emphasis on consequences in determining moral rightness or wrongness. 2. Aristotle’s ethics emphasized the importance of virtuous character. 3. According to your text, two different motives could never lead to identical actions. 4. According to your text, two acts may have opposite results and be equally good. 5. According to your text, the purpose of morality has only the negative goal of preventing harm.

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The fact that which holy book was written in Arabic gives special significance to the Arab language?

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Muhammad gave "people of the book" privileges not available to others under his rule

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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