ENVIRONMENT STEWARDSHIP

T H E R E L A T I O N S H I P
O F S C I E N C E ,
R E L I G I O N , & E T H I C S

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• What is Science?

• What is Religion?

• What is Ethics?
POINTS TO PONDER
• How should science, religion, and ethics relate
to each other? Should their relationship be
antagonistic (conflict) or can they work
together (complimentary)?

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• What is Science? Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and
understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic and scientific
method based on empirical evidence.

• What is Religion? Religion is a set of organized beliefs, practices, and systems that
most often relate to the belief of having faith and worship of a personal god or
another supernatural being.

• What is Ethics a system of accepted rules about behaviour, based on what

is considered right and wrong.
 W HAT I S THE PO PE’ S
VIEW OF SCIENCE?

• Laudato Si

• Encyclical Letter

• 246 Paragraphs

• The Pope is overall very positive

towards science, while recognizing that
it has a limited domain; science cannot
answer all questions.

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WHAT IS THE PROPER
RELATIONSHIP OF SCIENCE,
RELIGION, AND ETHICS?

• Science helps us to know what is

empirically, observationally true.

• Religion helps us to know what is

important in life, what our purposes
and goals should be - it provides us
with a view of human flourishing.

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 WHAT IS THE PROPER
RELATIONSHIP OF SCIENCE,
RELIGION, AND ETHICS?

. Ethics helps us to know what we should do in

order to move from what is the case now (based
on science), to what should be the case in the
future (based on our goals).
• Science and religion are complementary
perspectives.
• These perspectives should not compete
against each other.
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WHAT IS THE PROPER
RELATIONSHIP OF SCIENCE,
RELIGION, AND ETHICS?

• Technology without knowledge of the

meaning of good (ethics) ultimately
cannot give us human development
and flourishing. Instead, technology
devoid of ethics and a clear sense of
purpose can only devolve into the
“technocratic paradigm” of
objectification and control.

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EXCERPTS FROM THE TEXT
63. Given the complexity of the ecological crisis and its multiple causes, we need to
realize that the solutions will not emerge from just one way of interpreting and
transforming reality... If we are truly concerned to develop an ecology capable of
remedying the damage we have done, no branch of the sciences and no form of
wisdom can be left out, and that includes religion and the language particular to it.
• The Catholic Church is open to dialogue with philosophical
thought; this has enabled her to produce various syntheses
between faith and reason. The development of the Church’s
social teaching represents such a synthesis with regard to
social issues; this teaching is called to be enriched by taking
up new challenges.
• . Believers themselves must constantly feel challenged to live in a way
consonant with their faith and not to contradict it by their actions. They
need to be encouraged to be ever open to God’s grace and to draw
constantly from their deepest convictions about love, justice and peace.
THE POPE’S VIEW OF
SCIENCE.

• Positive towards science

• More research

• Accepts the reality of climate change

• Reduce the dangers of climate change

• Find solutions to problems on

consumerism

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C O N S U M E R I S M

THE THROW AWAY

CULTURE

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 THE
CONSUMER
SOCIETY
• a society in which people frequently buy
new goods, especially goods which are
not essential, and which places a high
value on owning many things”

(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)

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C O N S U M E R I S M
constant acquisition of goods and material possessions.
He points out that this mentality often leads to an
excessive and unsustainable consumption, which not
only places immense stress on the planet's resources
but also contributes to social inequality by
perpetuating a culture of materialism and exclusion.

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C O N S U M E R I S M

consumerism reduces human beings

to mere consumers, neglecting their
spiritual and ethical dimensions. It
suggests that this excessive focus on
consumption hampers our ability to
appreciate and care for the natural
world and also prevents us from
cultivating deeper human
relationships.
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 THE THROW AWAY
SOCIETY OR CULTURE

“Throw-away society" refers to a culture

in which products are quickly discarded
after use, contributing to a cycle of
waste and environmental degradation.
Pope Francis laments this culture of
disposability, emphasizing that it affects
not only material goods but also human
relationships and values.

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 KAMSAHAMNIDA!

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ACTIVITY 1:ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING
QUESTIONS: (BY PAIR)

1.What are the advantages and

disadvantages of a consumer society?
2. What items you think are most
essential for your life and which would
you most like to have?

3. What criteria do we use when we make

choices about buying things?

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T H E T H R O W A W A Y S O C I E T Y / C U LT U R E
• The throw-away society is a human society strongly influenced by consumerism.

• The term describes a critical view of overconsumption and excessive production of

short-lived or disposable items.
T H R O W A W A Y C U LT U R E
A C T I V I T Y 1 : T H R O W A W A Y C U LT U R E
Write three GOOD questions about the video you just watch in the table. Do this in pairs.
Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper On the 1ST Column. Leave
the 2nd and 3rd column Blank.

Your Question From the Video

Q1

Q2

Q3
NAME: COURSE/YEAR: DATE:
ACTIVITY 1

Write 3 Questions From the Video

(write on the column below)

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2 Ask a classmate (1) to answer your
Write 3 Questions From the Video questions. Write his/her name below.

Q1

Q2

Q3
ACTIVITY 1
ACTIVITY 2 Ask a classmate (1) to answer your WRITE YOUR OWN ANSWER

Write 3 Questions From the Video questions. Write his/her name below.

Q1

Q2

Q3
 ACTIVITY 2:
T H R O W A W AY
SURVEY
• When you have finished making the
questionnaire, interview other students.

• Write down their answers.

• Now return to your original GROUP and

share and talk about what you found out.

• Make a three minute presentation on

your findings and What can you do to
fight the Throw away Culture?

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 KAMSAHAMNIDA!

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