Discussion on Ecological Ethics Implication of Youyu Spirit

Ecological ethics is a kind of ethics code adjusting relationship between human and nature. Ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit reflects in four aspects： eco-value concept of ＂nature and human unifying, revering nature＂, eco-politics concept of ＂persisting greening, diligently working for people＂, eco-obligation concept of ＂predecessor planting, descendant cooling＂ and eco-culture concept of ＂public participation, harmonious development＂. It has important value for constructing beautiful Shanxi and realizing ecological civilization to excavate and carry forward ecological ethics implication of Youyu spirit.

Narrative Environmental Ethics, Nature Writing, and Ecological Science as Tradition： Towards a Sponsoring Ground of Concern

Over the last 30 years, environmental philosophers and ecological researchers have turned their attention to the possibilities of narratives： the stories people tell about their lives in conjunction with the human and non-human agents they live with. An interest in narrative environmental ethics reflects a re-evaluation of canonical ecophilosophical texts. Works such as Paul W. Taylor＇s Respect for Nature suggest an essentialist view of environmental ethics in which predetermined principles are imposed on places and situations. On the other hand, Aldo Leopold＇s A Sand County Almanac combines first-person prose with science-based explanations of the ＂biotic pyramid＂ towards the development of a land ethic. Examples, such as Leopold＇s, of narrative ethics are thought to offer relational, place-based, non-authoritative, and non-anthropocentric models. This article examines three critical components of environmental narratives： self, context, and tradition. In order for environmental narratives to advance ecological ethics, they must be accompanied by the tradition of natural science （geology, ecology, and evolution） to provide the ＂sponsoring ground＂ for ethical concern and action. The role of natural science as a tradition--and indeed one of many--in narrative ethics provides the basis for ecological selfhood in the context of place. These assertions will be supported by an analysis of the environmental narratives of Karen Warren and Jim Cheney. However, in the temporally expansive and ecologically conscious poetic narratives of John Kinsella we find an environmental ethics deeply rooted in the material realities of place.

Building up the concept of green development by infiltrating ecological ethics into ideological education for university students

University student education is the main part of higher education in China. Therefore, the comprehensive quality of university students shows the level of higher education. Ecological literacy is the basic literacy of college students under the background of green development to build socialism with Chinese characteristics. The green development education is based on the research idea of the relationship between the individual and the surrounding environment in ecology, which requires respecting the subjectivity of the active object, paying attention to the integrity and connection of the object. Compared with the traditional education, green development education pays more attention to the cultivation of moral quality and sound personality of the educated, and it can make the students understand the ecological environment. Under the premise of ecological system and the mechanism of biological growth and development, respect and love of life are formed naturally, and then the universal concern for environment and others is formed. College students, as advanced groups of young people, are leading the social fashion and influencing the social ethical environment. Ecological literacy is the new requirement of the times for college students. We should integrate the education of green development into the ideological education,make great efforts to shape the ecological ethical system of college students, and cultivate their ecological consciousness, ecological thinking and behavior habits. It is an important issue for ideological education to improve the quality of green development in an all-round way.

On the Study of Cultural Connotation in Zhuang Proverbs: Religious Belief and Ecological Ethics

Zhuang’s proverbs are derived from the long-term experience in the survival and development of nature, andinextricably related to it. Many of Zhuang’s proverbs reflect the folk religious belief’s reverence, prudence,compliance and protection of the ecological environment. The implicit or explicit ecological ethics consciousnessin Zhuang proverbs has a subtle influence on Zhuang people’s thoughts and behaviors, and objectively regulates therelationship between man and nature, which helps the Zhuang people consciously keep the balance of naturalecology in their daily life.

Natural Ethics,Resource Optimization and Ecological Return—On the Ecological Society Thoughts in Tao Te Ching

The Taoist ideas that "Tao models itself after nature" and "Tao begets nature" show the yearning for an ecological society in ancient China.The idea that "Tao models itself after nature" optimizes the environment,and the idea that "Tao begets nature" saves resources and "Tao is nature" means returning to nature,all of which consist of the Taoist philosophical model and ecological ethics.Taoist researches are based on the integration of nature and society and the interaction of the ecological ethics,and sustainable development of ecology and the wilderness value strategy of ecological maintenance are the two focuses of the present ecological ethics,showing the ethical value of Taoism for the renewal of the ecological culture and the peaceful rise of the Chinese nation.

About the Nature of Ecological Ethics Debates and the Relationship between Human and Nature

There are natural ethical debates in ecological ethics, namely whether nature has intrinsic value, whether the nature has its rights. Theoretical basis of argument is the opposite of anthropocentrism and non- anthropocentrism. Ecological ethics controversy concerns the core issue of the relationship between human and nature of the ecological ethics about nature, to correctly understand and deal with the relationship between mankind and nature, ecological ethics and ecological ethics is the starting point and destination debates.

Study on the Ecological Ethics of Agricultural College Students

From the perspective of environmental sociology,a questionnaire survey was conducted on the environmental awareness and behaviors of undergraduates from nearly all fields of majors in Sichuan Agricultural University. According to the investigation results,there are los of problems,for example,the college students generally do not have adequate knowledge about environment and are unclear about the existing na- tional ecological law system; their attitude towards environment is often influenced by their majors; their evaluation of environment is far from the reality; their environmental behaviors are weakly restrained and conserved. According to these problems,related suggestions were proposed.

Appropriate Garden Design of Primitive Ecology Based on the Indigenization of Environmental Ethics

The accelerating urbanization process leads to aggravated environmental problems, thus garden design which is a creative activity connecting human and nature has attracted much attention, and also garden designers have had to rethink about environmental ethics and morals. This study, from the perspective of environmental ethics, duly proposed the brand-new concept of 'appropriate garden of primitive ecology', proceeded from the orientation, form, value, theoretical basis, realistic significance, culture and consumption psychology of 'garden of primitive ecology', fully developed outstanding ecological wisdoms and morals in traditional Chinese garden culture, boosted garden designs to the environmental ethics level of eco-justice, to seek for the approach to 'garden of primitive ecology' with indigenous Chinese environmental ethic characteristics.

Follow the Open Source Road： Contemplating the Ethics of the New Information Ecology

The evolutionary complexity of modem media systems represents an area of research that would benefit from further description and debate. In order to better understand the challenges and considerations associated with the new, constantly changing media ecology, a more holistic worldview must be catapulted to the forefront of the collective discussion. To that effect, the following essay examines the open source software movement from the philosophical perspective of Tibetan Buddhism. Using the principles of interconnectedness, impermanence, and the illusory nature of self and reality, all fundamental elements of Buddhist philosophy, this discussion provides a renewed framework for exploring the ethical implications of open sourcing. A review of Buddhist teachings, coupled with literature from foundational media theorists such as Neil Postman and Marshall and Eric McLuhan, will set the stage for contemplating the ethics of the modem information ecology, epitomized by the collaborative spirit and community connections of open source software.

Debating ecological justice:implications for critical environmental education

This article will briefly discuss the implications of recognition of ecological justice in relation to environmental education(EE) and education for sustainable development(ESD).It is argued that the present conception of environment taught through EE and ESD negates the subjectivity of non-human species and ignores the ethical imperatives of ecological justice.Evocating environmental ethics,major directions integrating ecological justice into EE and ESD are proposed.

Buddhist Ethics With Solving the Environmental Problems

This research aimed to investigate （1） the concept of environmental ethics between the Western and Buddhist ways; （2） To compare the concept of environmental ethics between the Western and Buddhist ways; （3） To analyze the solving of environmental problems under the Buddhist concept. The results showed that the Buddhism which has had the concept focusing on all living things and being friendly to the nature, having no history of occupying, encroaching and destroying the living things. Nevertheless, giving the values on the environment is still far to the facts of way of life of most humans. However, regarding Buddhist essence that emphasizes that the human as a part of the nature is not conflicted with the ethical values on nature. Complementary to all living things in nature is close to the Dharma practice which starts at itself and knows itself. Dharma practice in Buddhism has assumed to be the individual responsibility on environment itself. Importantly, the Buddhist way of life on environment according to such implication has occurred and really existed in the history of mankind.

On the Natural Ecological Law of Taoism

The Taoist philosophy on ecological ethics focuses on the independence of the principle that "Tao keeps to nature"and the modern environm ent law; and the integration of the principle that"Tao derives from nature"and the modern law of natural resources show case the Taoist natural philosophy and the ecological ethic principles. Based on the idea of the integration of society and nature and the ecological ethic interaction,this paper discusses the hot points of the present ecological ethic study,attem pting to find the breakthrough of the Taoist philosophy on nature and the value of Taoist philosophy for the ecological cultural renaissance and the peaceful rise of the Chinese nation.

Ethical Implications of Systems Methodology Applied to Industrial Ecology

The systemic view on industry and on production and consumption pattern is an essential feature of the industrial ecology （IE） concept. One consequence of this view is to investigate industrial flows and consumer activities, and their effects on the environment in order to evaluate and eventually optimize these flows with the help of a systems methodology. Industrial ecology has been developed by engineers and natural scientists and its ethical core canon often manifests in anthropocentric assertions such as harmonizing the contradiction between nature and culture with scientific expertise, appropriate technology and socio-economic management. This paper argues however for a biocentric inspired, normative reading of some characteristics of industrial ecology＇s systems methodology. The presumption for the value of this endeavor is that industrial ecology＇s systems methodology has a potential for developing directions for the design of a possible sustainable world.

The Comparison of the Ecological Outlook of Henry David Thoreau and Gary Snyder

The development of industrial civilization has brought to human beings great achievements. However, while conquering nature and gaining more and more wealth, we have faced a series of problems such as environmental disruption, ecological unbalance, and frequent natural disasters. Gradually, human beings began to pay attention to the relationship between economic development and nature. This paper, based on the ecological ethics theory of Zeng Jianping, analyzes the ecological outlook in the works of Thoreau and Snyder to observe the relationship between man and nature and afterward verifies the scientificalness of the ecological ethics theory of Zeng Jianping in return.

On Ecological Thinking in Silent Spring

Silent Spring is Rachel Carson's scientific documentation of the widespread harmful consequences of undistinguished pesticide use, in which her ecological thinking is visible in every corner. Therefore the following paper intends to analyze Carson's ecological thinking from the perspective of eco-criticism. The whole paper consists of three parts. The first part concerns the introduction of the author Rachel Carson, the work Silent Spring and the theory Eco-criticism applied in the paper. The second part is the mainbody, concerning the concrete analysis of Carson's ecological thinking by applying eco-criticism. Carson's ecological thinking can be summarized as the following four points: the first two points concern her criticism for anthropocentric values of system and over development of industrialization and science. The other two points concern her support for ecological holism and eco-morality. The last part arrives at the following conclusion that Carson's thinking has begun with the criticism for tangible harm of eco-crisis and has lifted to the intangible level of ideology. Besides, she attempts to solve the eco-crisis from its bottom- the ideology that causes such crisis. Besides, her diversified ecological thinking demonstrates her profound thinking and her deep concern for the eco-crisis.

江域生态伦理的论域及特殊性

江域生态伦理是生态伦理的特殊形态,有别于水伦理、河流伦理。从整体上看,江域生态伦理是以江域生态知识为基础的伦理价值研究,是对江域生态中主要伦理关系的研究,是对影响江域生态的伦理干预的研究。江域生态伦理论域首先涉及与生态伦理学、水伦理、河流伦理的关系,还涉及自身的伦理关系和基本原则。江域生态伦理的特殊性主要体现为发生场域的特殊性、角色定位的特殊性和研究视角的特殊性。

河流伦理研究及其在流域综合管理中的应用

流域水资源综合管理蕴含诸多的河流伦理问题。通过介绍河流伦理的内涵及内容,分析黄河“八七”分水方案、新安江生态补偿方案、小水电清理整改方案、都江堰生态水利工程、淮河“水量-水质-水生态”联合调度等案例,重点研讨了流域水资源综合管理面临的河流伦理问题,包括流域水资源分配的公平,河流健康权利,水资源综合管理的公平性、正义性和责任性等。案例表明,河流伦理思想和相关研究将在流域水资源分配、流域生态保护及流域治理中起到重要的基础与支撑作用。展望未来,变化环境下的流域智慧管理与河流伦理的交叉研究,将会产生更加深入结合与发展的成果。

现代农业创新的生态关联性及其农业伦理原则

现代农业创新的生态关联性既体现在自然生态系统对现代农业创新的基础性支撑方面,也体现在现代农业创新对自然生态系统造成的多重影响和生态后果方面。理解现代农业创新的生态关联性不仅具有重要的实践价值,而且具有开创人类文明新形态的道德意义。现代农业创新所面临的诸多问题表面上看是技术问题或环境问题,但深层次的原因在于农业伦理的缺失。走向负责任、可持续的现代农业创新必须重构农业创新和自然生态的多重关联,确立人与自然和谐共生的农业伦理原则。

生命共同体视野下人与自然关系的伦理考量

西方伦理文化从古希腊开始就隐含着人与自然主客对立的思维模式,经过“现代性”的建构,确立了“控制自然”的西方伦理话语,预制出人类中心主义与自然中心主义之间无法统一的生态伦理困境。我国是“后发现代性”国家,缺少一些实际的治理现代化经验;但在解决生态危机这一问题上,拥有丰富的伦理文化传统资源,经过“现代性”的自主重构,创造性地提出了“生命共同体”理念,对人与自然之间的关系进行伦理考量,形成符合中国伦理文化特征的生态伦理观念、原则和实践方式。在“生命共同体”的中国伦理文化语境视野下,生态伦理不再是处于割裂状态的两难选择,而是融入社会生活中的有机整体,遵守生态道德规范,遵循生态正义,养成生态德性,达到尊重自然与完善人自身的内在统一,为文明的顺利转型和生态文明建设提供充分的理论支持和伦理考量。

美德伦理视域下生态道德人格形塑的价值逻辑

美德品质作为人的内在精神特质能够对外在行为进行合理的价值规约和引导。传统伦理学的生态道德人格培育遵循着由外在道德规约到内在美德品质养成的生成逻辑。与此根本不同,生态美德伦理学主张在潜移默化中形塑道德行为者的美德品质,并在生态道德人格的养成中形成生态道德行为习惯。美德伦理视域下生态道德人格建构通过生态美德教育涵养生态道德的自省觉悟,在生态美德养成中达至生态道德的自觉实现,以及在实践中锤炼生态道德的知行合一品质,形塑人与自然和谐共生的伦理价值观念和生产生活方式,实现生态道德理性认知与情感认同的有机统一,在生态道德实践过程中彰显生态美德素养。