韦伯命题与环境伦理的演变

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEBER THESIS AND THE INNOVATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS

生态环境问题始终沿着人类社会发展的轨迹演进,探究这一现象背后的精神动因,会发现新教伦理既推动了人类社会的发展,又与人类中心主义的思想渊源相契合,使生态环境状况日益恶化。生态中心主义否定了人类统治自然的合法性,将价值主体沿着新教伦理的逻辑方向扩大到自然,但却忽视了人类在环境演变进程中的能动作用。而人与自然和谐相处的思想则是对人类中心主义和生态中心主义的择优,既张扬了人类的理性和智慧,又承认了自然与人类的平等地位,这是韦伯命题的又一巨大贡献。

Environmental problems change with the developments of society, exploringthe spritual reasons underlying it, we can find that the ethics of Puritanism prompts theprogress of society, but contributes to the environmental problems. In essence,Anthropocentrism has the same idea the ethics of Puritanism which denying the nature's rights and interest, in contrast to that, Eco-centrism insists on that not only humanbeing but also nature all has equal interest and rights to exist develop,however, the mostapparent defect of Eco-centrism is neglect of the human intelligecne and technique whichcontyributes to environmental protection. The Ideology of Human Being in Harmonywith nature is different from the two formers, which confess that the nature has its ownright equal to human being, and emphasizes the human positivist in environmentalprotection, it is the greatest contribution of Weber thesis.