Environmental ethics

• Animal welfare: the treatment of animals
• Anthropocentric: centred around humanity
• Climate change: a long-term change in the earth's climate
• Conservation: the act of creating the circumstances necessary to preserve and protect species and ecosystems.
• Deep ecology: belief that human and non-human species are equal and integral elements of the global ecosystems.
• Dominion: belief that God has given humankind authority over the Earth and all its animals and plants.
• Eschatological: relating to the afterlife
• Eco-holism: the whole ecosystem being interdependent and having inherent worth.
• Ecosophy: the philosophy of ecological harmony or equilibrium
• Environmentalism: a long-term effect on human activities, the survival species and the health of the environment.
• Intrinsic value: essential value
• Pantheism: belief that the universe and all the things within nature are God.
• Secular: unconnected with or independent of religion
• Speciesism: the assumption that human beings are the superior species
• Stewardship: belief that God gave humans the role of protecting and looking after the Earth.
• Sustainability: preserving God's creation