Anatoly Angelo R. Aseneta expounds Joseph Cardinal Bernardin’s Consistent Ethic of Life (CEL) as a “moral vision that can be used to uphold consistently the value and dignity of human life in all its stages and circumstances” (69). The author argues that “reframing Bernardin’s CEL in the light of the crisis of our common home and with the help of integral ecology also means restructuring its rather anthropocentric foundations and principles” (92). For him, “instead of undermining the foundational principles of human dignity and the sanctity of human life, a reframed CEL enriches these by placing them in the larger context of our relationship with God, with one another, and with the rest of creation” (93).

