论保罗·泰勒的生态伦理观

保罗·泰勒的生态伦理思想的核心是尊重自然.该伦理观作为以生物为中心的伦理思想体系,同以人类为中心的伦理观形成对立.它主要由三个基本成分组成:具有世界观性质的理论前提或信仰体系、基本道德立场、一组规定义务的行为规则与品行标准.以生命为中心的自然观作为理论前提构成保罗·泰勒的伦理观的基础,而这种自然观本身又是由以下信念所组成:把人类视为地球生命共同体的成员,认为自然界是有机系统,认为个体有机体是目的论意义上的生命中心以及对人类优越论的否定.

On Paul W.Taylor's Ecoethics

The core of Paul W. Taylor's ecoethics is to respect Nature. The ideological system of the ethics taking living creatures as its center is opposed against the one taking the human being as its center. It is mainly made up of three basic elements: i. e. the theoretical premise or belief system which is of world outlook, basic moral stand, a set of behavioural rules and standard of moral conduct to regulate one's obligations. The natural view taking life as its center constitutes Paul W. Taylor's basis of his ethics. And this kind of natural view itself is made up of belief. It negates the human superiority to consider the human being as a member of the life community on the earth, nature as organic system and individual organism as the life core in the sense of teleology.