消费伦理与现代消费主义文化精神

消费主义是消费社会的核心价值观。批判消费主义是当前消费伦理学的前沿性课题,追问消费主义的伦理基础是文化批判理论不可或缺的重要内容。自消费革命以来,西方消费伦理思想大致经历了两次变革:一是消费的去道德化;二是消费的伦理价值重构。两次变革一方面以过度消费取代了满足基本生存需要的自然消费;另一方面,还以奢侈消费为善的道德判断颠覆了节俭消费的美德传统。解读西方消费主义文化与消费伦理之间的关系,对于我们认清当前消费生活颠倒性的实质内涵具有重要启示意义。

Ethics of Consumption and Cultural Spirit of Modern Consumerism

Consumerism is the core viewpoint of value in the consumer society.A critique of consumerism is the hot topic in ethics of consumption.And a research on the ethical foundation of consumerism is the indispensable content of the critical theory.After the consumer revolution,the western ethics of consumption experienced two transformations.One is demoralization of consumption.The other is ethical reconstruction of consuming life.These transformations not only replace the natural consumption with the excessive consumption;but also overturn traditional virtue of the frugal consumption through the moral judgment that luxury should be good.The interpretation of the relationship between western consumerist culture and ethics of consumption helps us understand the essence of upside down of consuming life.