“敬畏自然”大讨论的回顾与反思

Review and Reflection on the Discussion of Reverence for Nature

在非典与印度洋海啸等事件的影响下,2005年我国出现了一场关于“敬畏自然”的大讨论,讨论的核心分歧涉及科学主义与反科学主义之争、人类中心与非人类中心之争,以及工业文明与生态文明之争。本文从自然观、科学观与环境伦理等多个角度,阐释敬畏自然的思想。敬畏自然思想属于马克思主义自然观的科学内涵,是一种科学态度,是环境伦理学的理论基础与情感表达,需要把敬畏自然的思想落实到行动之中。

There was a great discussion on the reverence for nature in 2005 in China because of the impact of SARS and the Indian Ocean tsunami.The core differences of the discussion involved the dispute of scientism and anti-scientism,anthropocentric and nonanthropocentric,industrial and ecological civilization.This essay argues that the thought of reverence for nature is significant from the perspectives of nature,science,and environmental ethics.The thought of reverence for nature belongs to natural view of Marxism and it is a kind of scientific attitude.At the same time,it is the theoretical foundation and emotional expressions of environmental ethics.It is urgently important to put the thought of reverence for nature into action.