Character Quote by Pope John Paul II

The ecological crisis is a moral issue.

— Pope John Paul II

The seriousness of ecological degradation lays bare the depth of man's moral crisis... Simplicity, moderation, and discipline as well as the spirit of sacrifice…

— Pope John Paul II

The focus of environmental ethics should indeed be on the virtues and how these inform our relationship to natural environments.

— David E. Cooper

Consider the willful scorching of the earth, over-fishing, wasteful hunting, excessive and dangerous recycling of resources, and other similar "injustices" against the ways of…

— Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople

Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions.

— Will Durant

Environmental problems provoke challenges about what kind of world we want, how important we think it is if something is brought about by human…

— Dale Jamieson

Respecting the environment does not mean considering material or animal nature more important than man. Rather, it means not selfishly considering nature to be…

— Pope Benedict XVI

Nature is telling us that if you don't respect the environment then you are living with artificial needs and a consumerism that is destroying…

— Tariq Ramadan

“[The idea] of an environmental ethic runs contrary to our cultural tradition.”

— John Livingston. from "One Cosmic Moment

“Perhaps we shouldn't be displeased with the 'environmental ethics' we have or the 'business ethics' or the 'political ethics' or any of the myriad…

— Thomas King

Modern society will find no solution to the ecological problem unless it takes a serious look at its lifestyle. In many parts of the…

— Pope John Paul II

“There are no shortcuts to moral insight. Nature is not intrinsically anything that can offer comfort or solace in human terms -- if only…

— Stephen Jay Gould