Laudato Si’ and Integral Ecology: A Reconceptualization of Sustainability

• Main Authors: IMANAKA, JESSICA LUDESCHER, PRUSSIA, GREG, ALEXIS, SAMANTHA
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2017
• Subjects: Laudato Si’; Roman Catholic Social Teaching; integral ecology; human ecology; sustainable development; social justice; business unsustainability
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/jmgs/vol5/iss1/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/jmgs/article/1056/viewcontent/laudato_si_rsquo_and_integral_ecology_a_reconceptualization_of_sustainability.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This study analyzes sustainability concepts through the lens of Roman Catholic Social Teaching (CST) with a special emphasis on Laudato Si’. CST expands the focus of sustainability to include social justice through its emphasis on human dignity, the common good, and caritas. In CST, justice is under...