Tara and Rachel present Jewish Environmental Ethics

Slideshow Transcript

1. Slide 1:Jewish Environmental Ethics ‘Tread lightly on the earth…’ By Tara and Rachel
2. Slide 2:Anthropocentric Worldview ‘Subdue [the earth]; have dominion over… every living thing’ – Genesis 1.28 ... ‘…and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and to guard it’ – Genesis 2.15
3. Slide 3: Genesis 1.28 and 2.15 are the fundamental framework for Judaism’s teachings on environmental ethics. While they initially seem contradictory, contemporary interpretations of the Torah understand them to be complementary. Genesis 1.28 is no longer regarded as a command, but a blessing. Humanity only has ‘dominion’ over creation if they obey the command to ‘cultivate and guard it’.
4. Slide 4: Sabbath ‘And on the seventh day God finished the work that he had done, and h