环境伦理学,一门新的伦理学

环境伦理学是一门新的伦理学。它的主要特征是人类道德对象从人与社会领域扩展到生命和自然界;它的基本问题是：确认生命和自然界的价值,确认生命和自然界的权利,从而尊重自然,保护自然,以确保人类对自然的持续利用。中国环境伦理学从介绍西方环境伦理学起步。现在要在中国学术文化传统、中国哲学和思维方式传统的基础上,结合中国的实际,确立自己的环境伦理学理论模式、概念框架和话语体系,以超越西方环境伦理学,通过不同学派的理论整合,创建中国环境伦理学,使它成为中国文化的一部分,为中国人民服务,为建设生态文明服务。

Environmental Ethics,A New Ethics

Environmental Ethics is a new ethics. Its main feature is that the object of human morality extend from the people and social fields to life and nature;its basic question is：to confirm the value of life and nature, to recognize the right of life and nature, thus to respect nature, protect nature, and to ensure the sustainable use of na- ture. China＇ s environmental ethics started from the introduction of Western Environmental Ethics. Now based on the academic and cultural traditions in China, traditional Chinese philosophy and way of thinking, combining the actual situation of China, we should establish our own theoretical model of environmental ethics, conceptual framework and discourse system to exceed the Western Environmental Ethics. Furthermore by the theoretical integration of different schools, China＇ s environmental ethics should be established, and should be made as a part of Chinese culture, to serve Chinese people, serve the construction of ecological civilization.