There needs to be a considered consistency of the responses that an individual makes in respect to different areas of their life. It is not consistent to be anti-abortion for example and then to murder someone, even if they are abortion doctors. Cardinal Bernardin (1928–1996) of Chicago, when talking about this need for consistency in ethical decisions, labelled this focus of the pre-eminence of human dignity as the Consistent Ethic of Life. This way of thinking emphasises the connectedness between all aspects of life and challenges the human tendency to act in a spasmodically ethical manner. This way of consideration calls the individual to respect life in the womb, the life of a criminal, the life of someone dying, in fact the life of everybody no matter who they are or what they have done. Jesus and how he treated everybody particularly the vulnerable and those not considered of value to society, is at the heart of the consistent ethic of life. There is a challenge in the consistent ethic of life about how the individual acts in their day to day encounters with others. For example, what people say and how they talk to people reflects their basic attitude to life. The consistent ethic of life also calls people to care for the natural world in its own right and because it sustains and nourishes human life.