Dominion

• Dominion: power/authority
• Humans are higher than animals - 'imago dei'
• 'Subdue' and 'rule over' - Genesis 1:28
• 'You made them rulers over the works of your hands' - Psalm 8
• 'Nepesh' 


  God-breathed
• The belief that animals have no souls and therefore cannot feel pain - Descartes and Aquinas
• Anthropocentric

  Humans are far more important than any other creation (as seen in the Bible)
• Dominion AS stewardship

  We should use our power to care for the animals and environment