El valor intrínseco de las criaturas. Desde la contemplación de la creación hacia la superación de las implicaciones negativas del paradigma tecnocrático

Abstract

The environmental crisis that our planet is going through today requires clear responses and concrete actions by social, religious, economic and governmental entities, in favor of a positive transformation of the attitudes that humans have towards nature. The technocratic paradigm has become an ideological perspective from which reality and the dimensions of people are perceived. The effects of the technocratic paradigm do not guarantee the subsistence of man on earth. Some elements of the technocracy were supported by Christian perspectives and anthropocentric interpretations of biblical texts, referring to the domain of creation. To respond to this situation, we propose to begin by valuing the creatures themselves, based on the theology of creation and a hermeneutical update of the biblical texts referring to the creative action of God and the importance of the rational creature in the universe. Given the above, how can theology support and promote the intrinsic value of creatures? The appreciation of the intrinsic value of things that guides a contemplative attitude of the universe, against the utilitarian vision of resources derived from the technocratic paradigm, would lead to moderating daily human actions, tending towards a decrease in environmental deterioration from the fields of personal life, passing through the family sphere and having repercussions on society itself.