中国古代环境伦理思想初探

中国传统思想文化中蕴涵着丰富的环境伦理思想资源,对此进行挖掘梳理将有助于我们解决当代中国环境问题在价值理念上的重建问题。基于这种认识,本文从环境伦理学的角度解读出"天人合一"、"众生平等"、"道法自然"、"寡欲节用"等古代朴素观念中体现的具有现实价值的思想。通过对上述思想的梳理,文章指出我国在解决现代环境问题时所存在的环境伦理上的偏失,继而就重新解读古代环境伦理思想的当代价值提出了看法,以期能对解决当前人与自然的矛盾,改善生态环境状况,促进经济、社会、生态的可持续发展有所裨益。

On the Environmental Ethic Thoughts in Ancient China

There are many valuable environmental thoughts in Chinese traditional culture.They may offer insights for us into the difficulty of the concept rebuilding of the current Chinese environmental problems.Based on the above mentioned understanding,this article discusses the following ideas by the approach of environmental ethics :"unity of heaven and man","the equality of the living things","logic learned from the nature","ascetic and thrift of not wasting natural resources" and so on.Based on the above thoughts,the article proposes the weakness of solving the current Chinese environmental problems,and offers some ideas about how to reestablish the new value of traditional environmental ethic thoughts.We hope that the study would offer insights for us into the difficulty of solving environmental problems.