cannot know proper dominion over nature apart from God and his revelation. In an etymological sense, ethics has its roots in religion. The notion of ethics therefore cannot fully satisfy us; it is too narrow. Etymologically, the word points to humanity as the standard, but our standard is humanity as God’s image and thus, in the final analysis, God himself. Third, the notion of humanity as God’s image entails the essence of human beings having been corrupted through sin. After all, the image of God