Emily and Hannah present Jewish Environmental Ethics
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Jewish environmental ethics connects the Jewish tradition of ethical analysis to contemporary environmental problems. It contributes to understanding the relationship between humanity and nature. Judaism believes in balance, imposing restrictions on how people use the natural environment and requiring that people not take mother birds from nests with eggs or young. The key principle of Judaism is maintaining balance in the relationship between humanity and nature.
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Emily and Hannah present Jewish Environmental Ethics
- 1. Jewish Environmental Ethics Shalome my friends
- 2. Jewish Environmental Ethics? Tell me more Moses.. Well my followers, it links the Jewish tradition of ethical analysis to a significant contemporary problem. The Jewish tradition makes a distinctive and important contribution to our understanding of contemporary environmental ethics and the complex relationship of man to nature. Understand?
- 3. Balance, you say? Yes, I do say balance. Judaism imposes numerous restrictions on how, when and to what extent people can use the natural environment. When you encounter the nest of a bird before youwith the mother crouching upon the fledging or upon the eggs, you are not to take away the mother along with the children Therefore a principal belief in Judaism is balance.