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Laudato Si 3
Laudato Si 3
JUNE 2015
CHAPTER 3: THE CRISIS AND EFFECTS OF
MODERN ANTHROPOCENTRISM
1. TECHNOLOGY:
CREATIVITY AND
POWER
minded self-restraint.”
“We can once more broaden
our vision. We have the
freedom needed to limit and
direct technology; we can put
it at the service of another type
of progress, one which is
healthier, more human, more
social, more integral.”
(Paragraph 112)
PARADIGM
of individuals and the workings of society.
grandeur.”
“All of us can cooperate as
instruments of God for the care
of creation, each according to
his or her own culture,
experience, involvements and
talents.” (Paragraph 14)
3. THE CRISIS AND over reality by seeing creation as mere raw material
EFFECTS OF MODERN
for our use. This has affected many areas of life:
relative.