According to the author, Thomistic environmental ethics is the ethics of respect for man and nature. Contrary to popular opinion it doesn’t possess a strong anthropocentric nor a non-ecological character but a theocentric one with a pro-ecological dimension. Thomism teaches that there is hierarchical order in reality. In Thomistic ethics it is God who is the main reference point and the supreme good (summum bonum). Thus, it has a primarily theocentric character, and secondarily an anthropocentric one, which is inscribed in relations between humans and other beings. However, this anthropocentrism is moderate and is not hostile towards nature. In theocentric terms, God is the cause and source of all natural beings. From the ontological perspe...