RLT 48500 Lecture 6: Principle of Stewardship
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This principle requires us to appreciate that a wise and loving god has given: 2. our own human nature (embodied intelligent freedom) with its biological, psychological, social and spiritual capacities. We are stewards of god"s creation but we do not have an absolute dominion over it. As a steward we must know how nature works. To build, to care and to love. Likewise, on our own bodies and minds that we must take care and work to prevent defects in our bodies through medical innovations but with greatest respect. We must remember our creativity should be co- creativity with the creator, not a reckless wasting of his gifts. Anything that satisies a human need is a good or a. Thus a given good or value is always correlative to a human need, that is, it is a desire to satisfy human need. The fifth commandment: you shall not kill (ex 20:13; The basic value behind both the fifth.