Ebook: Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril

Foreword; Introduction Toward a Global Consensus for Ethical Action; 1 Yes, For the Survival of Humankind.; 2 Yes, For the Sake of the Children.; 3 Yes, For the Sake of the Earth Itself.; 4 Yes, For the Sake of All Forms of Life on the Planet.; 5 Yes, to Honor Our Duties of Gratitude and Reciprocity.; 6 Yes, for the Full Expression of Human Virtue.; 7 Yes, Because All Flourishing is Mutual; 8 Yes, for the Stewardship of God's Creation.; 9 Yes, Because Compassion Requires It.; 10 Yes, Because Justice Demands It.; 11 Yes, Because the World is Beautiful.;Moral Ground brings together the testimony of over eighty visionaries--theologians and religious leaders, scientists, elected officials, business leaders, naturalists, activists, and writers--to present a diverse and compelling call to honor our individual and collective moral responsibility to our planet. In the face of environmental degradation and global climate change, scientific knowledge alone does not tell us what we ought to do. The missing premise of the argument and much-needed center piece in the debate to date has been the need for ethical values, moral guidance, and principled reaso.