论《圣经》的人类中心主义倾向

On Bible's Anthropocentric Tendency

《圣经》独特的宇宙论蕴含着鲜明的人类中心主义倾向,肯定了人之于自然万物的优先性,将人的价值置于全部受造物的顶端,甚至凌驾于地球生态系统之上。传统基督教神学继承并发展了《圣经》的自然观,肯定了自然的非神圣性,坚持认为人为自己的目的而利用自然不仅是合理的,而且不受任何道德上的限制。此种自然观的确立,为近代西方人走向对大自然的全面征服与利用奠定了极其重要的思想基础。

Bible's unique cosmology implicates a clear anthropocentric tendency. It affirms human being's precedence over all other things in the nature,placing the value of human beings on top of all creatures even above the earth's ecosystem. Traditional Christian theology inherits and carries forward Bible's views of nature,affirms the non-sacredness of the nature,and insists that it is reasonable for human beings to make use of nature and they should have no moral restrictions. This view of nature lays an important ideological foundation for modern Westerners' practice in conquering and making use of the nature.