弱人类中心主义:环境伦理学的另一种论证

Weak Anthropocentrism: Another Demonstration of Environmental Ethics

以诺顿为代表的弱人类中心主义者站在现实主义的立场上,试图超越人类中心主义与非人类中心主义的争论,为环境伦理学提供一种"充分"的论证。他依据"感性偏好"和"理智偏好"区分了强人类中心主义与弱人类中心主义两种价值观念,并强调环境伦理学必须超越现代西方文化中主流的个人主义价值观念,实现价值思维的重大转换才能走上学科发展的正确道路。

From the standpoint of realism, weak anthropocentrism with B.G. Norton as the representative tries to surpass the debate between anthropocentrism and non-anthropocentrism in order to provide adequate argument for environmental ethics. Based on the difference between felt preference and considered preference, Norton distinguishes two kinds of values： strong and weak anthropocentrism, and he also emphasizes that environmental ethics can develop successfully only by overcoming the mainstream of western individualism and accomplishment of value transformation.