当代中国水伦理的理论形态与研究领域

Theoretical Forms and Domains of Contemporary China's Water Ethics Study

水伦理是调控人与水之间伦理关系的道德原则、规范的总和。水伦理包含三种理论形态:以宇宙本体论为始基的"水德论";以"人类中心主义"或"生态中心主义"为内核的"中心论"水伦理;基于人与自然关系辩证统一的"和谐论"水伦理。当代中国水伦理的研究体现着水伦理理论形态演进的规律和趋势,初步形成了以人水和谐为价值取向的河流伦理、水伦理和海洋伦理等三个相互联系的研究领域。然而,如要在理论上真正摆脱西方中心立场并建构中国的水伦理学,则有待于倡导唯物辩证的生态整体论。

Water ethics refers to the moral principles and norms to adjust the ethical relation between human and water. Water ethicscontains three theoretical forms： ＂water virtues＂ based on the universe ontology; ＂centered＂ water ethics with ＂anthropocentrism＂ or ＂ecological centeredness＂ at the core; ＂harmonious＂ water ethics based on the dialectical unity. The contemporary water ethics study in china embodies the rules and tendency for the evolu- tion of the three forms. Three interconnected research domains have initially taken shape, including water ethics which highlights the value of harmony between human and water, river ethics and ocean ethics. However, in or- der to construct China＇s water ethical theory by discarding cate the ecological holism of dialectical materialism. the western centrism in real sense, we need to advo-cate the ecological holism of dialectical materialism.