道教劝善书的生态伦理特色

The eco-ethical role of instructions on morality in Taoism

道教劝善书作为一种伦理道德教化书,其中所述的伦理道德规范不仅用以调节人与人之间、人与社会之间的相互关系,而且还进一步推广到调节人与动植物、人与自然的关系;它主张自然界生命的平等性,倡导“贵生”的生命情怀,提出“是道则进,非道则退”的生态伦理行为准则,从而形成了具有神学特征的以生命为中心的生态伦理现。

Instructions on morality in Taoism has served as a guidebook on moral integrity. The moral disciplines discussed in the book can not only be used to regulate interrelationship between human race and between human race and the world, but also can be extended to the relationship between human race and plants, animals, human being and nature. The instructions stress the equality of all the living beings, promote the value of life, and put forward the law of eco-ethics that the world progresses if everything accords with the way of the world, and go backward if not. These help to form the life-oriented eco-ethics with theological flavor.