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| 20666f7220746865206f726967696e616c20676f | for the original go
| 6f6420707572706f736520666f72207768696368 | od purpose for which
| 2069742077617320676976656e2c206275742c20 | it was given, but,
| 6d616e20746f6f20697320476f64e28099732067 | man too is God s g
| 69667420746f206d616e2e204865206d75737420 | ift to man. He must
| 7468657265666f72652072657370656374207468 | therefore respect th
| 65206e61747572616c20616e64206d6f72616c20 | e natural and moral
| 7374727563747572652077697468207768696368 | structure with which
| 20686520686173206265656e20656e646f776564 | he has been endowed
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| 200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e313136 |  116
| 2e204d6f6465726e69747920686173206265656e | . Modernity has been
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| 69766520616e7468726f706f63656e747269736d | ive anthropocentrism
| 20776869636820746f6461792c20756e64657220 | which today, under
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| 7374616e64696e6720616e64206f6620616e7920 | standing and of any
| 6566666f727420746f20737472656e677468656e | effort to strengthen
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| 72656e6577656420617474656e74696f6e20746f | renewed attention to
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| 69747320697420696d706f7365733b2074686973 | its it imposes; this
| 20696e207475726e2069732074686520636f6e64 | in turn is the cond
| 6974696f6e20666f722061206d6f726520736f75 | ition for a more sou
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| 6c6f706d656e74206f6620696e64697669647561 | lopment of individua
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| 6f6e206f662043687269737469616e20616e7468 | on of Christian anth
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| 6f20612077726f6e6720756e6465727374616e64 | o a wrong understand
| 696e67206f66207468652072656c6174696f6e73 | ing of the relations
| 686970206265747765656e2068756d616e206265 | hip between human be
| 696e677320616e642074686520776f726c642e20 | ings and the world.
| 4f6674656e2c2077686174207761732068616e64 | Often, what was hand
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| 616e20766973696f6e206f66206d617374657279 | an vision of mastery
| 206f7665722074686520776f726c642c20776869 | over the world, whi
| 636820676176652074686520696d707265737369 | ch gave the impressi
| 6f6e2074686174207468652070726f7465637469 | on that the protecti
| 6f6e206f66206e61747572652077617320736f6d | on of nature was som
| 657468696e672074686174206f6e6c7920746865 | ething that only the
| 206661696e742d68656172746564206361726564 | faint-hearted cared
| 2061626f75742e20496e73746561642c206f7572 | about. Instead, our
| 2074686520756e6976657273652073686f756c64 | the universe should
| 20626520756e64657273746f6f64206d6f726520 | be understood more
| 70726f7065726c7920696e207468652073656e73 | properly in the sens
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| 3e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c | > <
| 703e3131372e204e65676c656374696e6720746f | p>117. Neglecting to
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| 6e6520746f206e617475726520616e6420746865 | ne to nature and the
| 20656e7669726f6e6d656e74616c20696d706163 | environmental impac
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| 746f2061636b6e6f776c65646765206173207061 | to acknowledge as pa
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| 2c20612068756d616e20656d6272796f2c206120 | , a human embryo, a
| 706572736f6e2077697468206469736162696c69 | person with disabili
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| 93206974206265636f6d65732064696666696375 | it becomes difficu
| 6c7420746f20686561722074686520637279206f | lt to hear the cry o
| 66206e617475726520697473656c663b20657665 | f nature itself; eve
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| 2e204f6e6365207468652068756d616e20626569 | . Once the human bei
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| 626c652c20666f7220e2809c696e737465616420 | ble, for instead
| 6f66206361727279696e67206f75742068697320 | of carrying out his
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| 207769746820476f6420696e2074686520776f72 | with God in the wor
| 6b206f66206372656174696f6e2c206d616e2073 | k of creation, man s
| 6574732068696d73656c6620757020696e20706c | ets himself up in pl
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| 726562656c6c696f6e206f6e2074686520706172 | rebellion on the par
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| 703e200d0a3c703e3131382e2054686973207369 | p> 118. This si
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| 20636f6e7374616e7420736368697a6f70687265 | constant schizophre
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| 6f63726163792077686963682073656573206e6f | ocracy which sees no
| 20696e7472696e7369632076616c756520696e20 | intrinsic value in
| 6c6573736572206265696e677320636f65786973 | lesser beings coexis
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| 7472656d652c2077686963682073656573206e6f | treme, which sees no
| 207370656369616c2076616c756520696e206875 | special value in hu
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| 63616e6e6f74207072657363696e642066726f6d | cannot prescind from
| 2068756d616e6974792e2054686572652063616e | humanity. There can
| 206265206e6f2072656e6577616c206f66206f75 | be no renewal of ou
| 722072656c6174696f6e73686970207769746820 | r relationship with
| 6e617475726520776974686f757420612072656e | nature without a ren
| 6577616c206f662068756d616e69747920697473 | ewal of humanity its
| 656c662e2054686572652063616e206265206e6f | elf. There can be no
| 2065636f6c6f677920776974686f757420616e20 | ecology without an
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| 72736f6e20697320636f6e736964657265642061 | rson is considered a
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| 6d6f6e67206f74686572732c207468652070726f | mong others, the pro
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| 7468656e20e2809c6f7572206f766572616c6c20 | then our overall
| 73656e7365206f6620726573706f6e736962696c | sense of responsibil
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| 5d3c2f613e2041206d697367756964656420616e | ]</a> A misguided an
| 7468726f706f63656e747269736d206e65656420 | thropocentrism need
| 6e6f74206e65636573736172696c79207969656c | not necessarily yiel
| 6420746f20e2809c62696f63656e747269736de2 | d to biocentrism
| 809d2c20666f72207468617420776f756c642065 | , for that would e
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| 7468657220696d62616c616e63652c206661696c | ther imbalance, fail
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| 656420746f206665656c20726573706f6e736962 | ed to feel responsib
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| 756e6c6573732c206174207468652073616d6520 | unless, at the same
| 74696d652c20746865697220756e697175652063 | time, their unique c
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| 207265636f676e697a656420616e642076616c75 | recognized and valu
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| 0a3c703e3131392e204e6f72206d757374207468 | 119. Nor must th
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| 756964656420616e7468726f706f63656e747269 | uided anthropocentri
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| 4966207468652070726573656e742065636f6c6f | If the present ecolo
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| 72206372656174757265733b2069742074687573 | r creatures; it thus
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| 4120636f72726563742072656c6174696f6e7368 | A correct relationsh
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| 72206f70656e6e65737320746f2074686520e280 | r openness to the
| 9c54686f75e2809d206f6620476f642e204f7572 | Thou of God. Our
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| 6d206f75722072656c6174696f6e736869702077 | m our relationship w
| 697468206f746865727320616e64207769746820 | ith others and with
| 476f642e204f74686572776973652c2069742077 | God. Otherwise, it w
| 6f756c64206265206e6f7468696e67206d6f7265 | ould be nothing more
| 207468616e20726f6d616e74696320696e646976 | than romantic indiv
| 696475616c69736d206472657373656420757020 | idualism dressed up
| 696e2065636f6c6f676963616c20676172622c20 | in ecological garb,
| 6c6f636b696e6720757320696e746f2061207374 | locking us into a st
| 69666c696e6720696d6d616e656e63652e3c2f70 | ifling immanence.</p
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| 302e2053696e63652065766572797468696e6720 | 0. Since everything
| 697320696e74657272656c617465642c20636f6e | is interrelated, con
| 6365726e20666f72207468652070726f74656374 | cern for the protect
| 696f6e206f66206e617475726520697320616c73 | ion of nature is als
| 6f20696e636f6d70617469626c65207769746820 | o incompatible with
| 746865206a757374696669636174696f6e206f66 | the justification of
| 2061626f7274696f6e2e20486f772063616e2077 | abortion. How can w
| 652067656e75696e656c79207465616368207468 | e genuinely teach th
| 6520696d706f7274616e6365206f6620636f6e63 | e importance of conc
| 65726e20666f72206f746865722076756c6e6572 | ern for other vulner
| 61626c65206265696e67732c20686f7765766572 | able beings, however
| 2074726f75626c65736f6d65206f7220696e636f | troublesome or inco
| 6e76656e69656e742074686579206d6179206265 | nvenient they may be
| 2c206966207765206661696c20746f2070726f74 | , if we fail to prot
| 65637420612068756d616e20656d6272796f2c20 | ect a human embryo,
| 6576656e207768656e206974732070726573656e | even when its presen
| 636520697320756e636f6d666f727461626c6520 | ce is uncomfortable
| 616e64206372656174657320646966666963756c | and creates difficul
| 746965733f20e2809c496620706572736f6e616c | ties? If personal
| 20616e6420736f6369616c2073656e7369746976 | and social sensitiv
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| 7074616e6365206f6620746865206e6577206c69 | ptance of the new li
| 6665206973206c6f73742c207468656e206f7468 | fe is lost, then oth
| 657220666f726d73206f6620616363657074616e | er forms of acceptan
| 63652074686174206172652076616c7561626c65 | ce that are valuable
| 20666f7220736f636965747920616c736f207769 | for society also wi
| 746865722061776179e2809d2e3c61206e616d65 | ther away .<a name
| 3d225f66746e726566393722207469746c653d22 | ="_ftnref97" title="
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| 5d3c2f613e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e | ]</a> 
| 200d0a3c703e3132312e205765206e6565642074 | 121. We need t
| 6f20646576656c6f702061206e65772073796e74 | o develop a new synt
| 68657369732063617061626c65206f66206f7665 | hesis capable of ove
| 72636f6d696e67207468652066616c7365206172 | rcoming the false ar
| 67756d656e7473206f6620726563656e74206365 | guments of recent ce
| 6e7475726965732e2043687269737469616e6974 | nturies. Christianit
| 792c20696e20666964656c69747920746f206974 | y, in fidelity to it
| 73206f776e206964656e7469747920616e642074 | s own identity and t
| 68652072696368206465706f736974206f662074 | he rich deposit of t
| 7275746820776869636820697420686173207265 | ruth which it has re
| 6365697665642066726f6d204a65737573204368 | ceived from Jesus Ch
| 726973742c20636f6e74696e75657320746f2072 | rist, continues to r
| 65666c656374206f6e2074686573652069737375 | eflect on these issu
| 657320696e20667275697466756c206469616c6f | es in fruitful dialo
| 6775652077697468206368616e67696e67206869 | gue with changing hi
| 73746f726963616c20736974756174696f6e732e | storical situations.
| 20496e20646f696e6720736f2c20697420726576 | In doing so, it rev
| 65616c732069747320657465726e616c206e6577 | eals its eternal new
| 6e6573732e3c61206e616d653d225f66746e7265 | ness.<a name="_ftnre
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| 3e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3c69 | > <i
| 3e50726163746963616c2072656c617469766973 | >Practical relativis
| 6d3c2f693e3c2f703e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e | m 
| 200d0a3c703e3132322e2041206d697367756964 | 122. A misguid
| 656420616e7468726f706f63656e747269736d20 | ed anthropocentrism
| 6c6561647320746f2061206d6973677569646564 | leads to a misguided
| 206c6966657374796c652e20496e207468652041 | lifestyle. In the A
| 706f73746f6c6963204578686f72746174696f6e | postolic Exhortation
| 203c693e203c6120687265663d22687474703a2f |  <a href="http:/
| 2f77322e7661746963616e2e76612f636f6e7465 | /w2.vatican.va/conte
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| 3e200d0a3c703e203c2f703e200d0a3c703e3132 | > 12
| 382e205765207765726520637265617465642077 | 8. We were created w
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| 726b2e2054686520676f616c2073686f756c6420 | rk. The goal should
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| 676963616c2070726f677265737320696e637265 | gical progress incre
| 6173696e676c79207265706c6163652068756d61 | asingly replace huma
| 6e20776f726b2c20666f72207468697320776f75 | n work, for this wou
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| 2068756d616e6974792e20576f726b2069732061 | humanity. Work is a
| 206e65636573736974792c2070617274206f6620 | necessity, part of
| 746865206d65616e696e67206f66206c69666520 | the meaning of life
| 6f6e20746869732065617274682c206120706174 | on this earth, a pat
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| 696e672074686520706f6f722066696e616e6369 | ing the poor financi
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| 6f6e20696e207468652066616365206f66207072 | on in the face of pr
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| 546869732069732079657420616e6f7468657220 | This is yet another
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| 616e64206669726d206d6561737572657320696e | and firm measures in
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| 72696e677320706f6c697469637320696e746f20 | rings politics into
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| 6d69737369626c65207768656e20697420706572 | missible when it per
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| 20756e6465727374616e64696e67206f6620776f | understanding of wo
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| 6f72206167726963756c747572616c206c61626f | or agricultural labo
| 757220627574207769746820616e792061637469 | ur but with any acti
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| 72207769746820746865206177652d66696c6c65 | r with the awe-fille
| 6420636f6e74656d706c6174696f6e206f662063 | d contemplation of c
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| 6420696e205361696e74204672616e636973206f | d in Saint Francis o
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| 204f726967696e616c6c792c2069742077617320 | Originally, it was
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| 204c617465722c205361696e742042656e656469 | Later, Saint Benedi
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| 732073706972697475616c6c79206d65616e696e | s spiritually meanin
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| 696e2074686520696e746572706c6179206f6620 | in the interplay of
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| 6b2e205468697320776179206f66206578706572 | k. This way of exper
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| 73206d6f72652070726f7465637469766520616e | s more protective an
| 64207265737065637466756c206f662074686520 | d respectful of the
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| 206e65656420746f2072656d656d626572207468 | need to remember th
| 6174206d656e20616e6420776f6d656e20686176 | at men and women hav
| 6520e2809c74686520636170616369747920746f | e the capacity to
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| 746f2066757274686572207468656972206d6f72 | to further their mor
| 616c2067726f77746820616e6420746f20646576 | al growth and to dev
| 656c6f702074686569722073706972697475616c | elop their spiritual
| 20656e646f776d656e7473e2809d2e3c61206e61 | endowments .<a na
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| 722074686973207269636820706572736f6e616c | r this rich personal
| 2067726f7774682c207768657265206d616e7920 | growth, where many
| 61737065637473206f66206c69666520656e7465 | aspects of life ente
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| 65207265616c697479206f6620746f646179e280 | e reality of today
| 997320676c6f62616c20736f63696574792c2069 | s global society, i
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| 656420696e74657265737473206f662062757369 | ed interests of busi
| 6e65737320616e6420647562696f75732065636f | ness and dubious eco
| 6e6f6d696320726561736f6e696e672e203c2f70 | nomic reasoning. </p
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