The cosmic common good: religious grounds for ecological ethics

Introduction

Chapter One: The Cosmic Common Good as a Ground for Interreligious Ecological Ethics

I. Imperiled Earth and Religious Responses

II. Twofold Approach: Catholic Social Thought and Other Religious Traditions

III. Outline of Chapters

Part I: A Catholic Cosmic Common Good

Chapter Two: A Catholic Cosmic Common Good: Overview and Prospects

I. The Common Good and Human Dignity in Catholic Social Thought

II. Catholic Social Thought and Cosmic Common Good

III. Scientific Grounds for the Cosmic Common Good

IV. Theological Grounds for the Cosmic Common Good

V. Why a Cosmic Common Good?

VI. Features of a Catholic Cosmic Common Good

VII. Conclusion

Chapter Three: Classical Sources for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good: Augustine and Thomas Aquinas

I. Introduction

II. A Fivefold Cosmic Common Good

III. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good

Chapter Four: Thomas Berry and an Evolutionary Catholic Cosmic Common Good

I. Introduction

II. The Cosmic Story

III. The Threefold Nature of the Universe

IV. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good

Chapter Five: Earth Solidarity

I. Solidarity in Catholic Social Thought

II. The Virtue of Solidarity

III. Solidarity Expanded: Earth Solidarity

IV. Dimensions of Earth Solidarity

V. Conclusion

Chapter Six: Earth Rights

I. Rights in Catholic Social Thought

II. Rights Expanded: Justifications for Earth Rights

III. Earth Rights

IV. A Catholic Cosmic Common Good, Earth Solidarity and Earth Rights: Conclusion

Part II: The Cosmic Common Good and Interreligious Ecological Ethics

Chapter Seven: Comparative Theology and Ecological Ethics

I. Overview of Comparative Theology

II. Comparative Ecological Ethics

Chapter Eight: Hindu Traditions: Dharmic Ecology

I. Dharma in Hindu Traditions

II. Dharmic Ecology: Theocentrism and the Intrinsic Dignity of Creatures

III. The Atman (Self) and the Transmigration of Souls

IV. Common Good of Mother Earth

V. Dharmic Rituals as Embedded Ecology

VI. Ahim̥sā and Vegetarianism

VII. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good

Chapter Nine: Buddhist Traditions: Interdependence

I. Pratītyasamutpāda/Dependent Origination as a Cosmological Principle

II. Pratītyasamutpāda/Interdependence as an Ecological Principle: Thich Nhat Hanh

III. Pratītyasamutpāda/Interdependence as an Ecological Principle: Joanna Macy

IV. The Jeweled Net of Indra

V. Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good

Chapter Ten: American Indian Traditions: Balance with All Our Relations

I. Indigenous Traditions and Systemic Violence

II. Four Features of American Indian Worldviews and Their Ecological Implications

III. The Lakota

IV. Lakota Spatiality as Implicit Critique of Amer-European Temporality

V. Self-Critical Implications for a Catholic Cosmic Common Good

Conclusion: An Interreligious Cosmic Common Good.