Man would have to stop polluting his world as a logical outcome of the ethical principle of reverence for all life. The absolute nature of -this ethic requires man to reach for the ideal claim it makes upon his life. Some scientists have placed the blame for man's carelessness on the Judeo-Christian tradition and have interpreted this tradition to mean that the natural world exists for man to conquer. The universal nature of Reverence for Life does not regard any life form as being of no value and something merely to be abused or destroyed at man's whim. The ethic of Reverence for Life does not permit a distinction to be made between the significance of lower and higher life forms.
All life is sacred.
As the highest life form in the scale of being, man is responsible to choose only out of necessity the destruction of any other form of life. Man often forgets that his dominion over nature is merely delegated by God. Man is lord of creation only as he acts as a steward who is responsible to God. The whole of creation is sacred and belongs to God. Man must learn to live in harmony with it.