Ethical Considerations of the Relationship between Humans and Nature from the Perspective of a Community of Life
Since ancient Greece,the Western ethical culture has implied the thinking pattern of subjective-object opposition between human and nature.Through the construction of"modernity",the Western ethical discourse of"controlling nature"has been established,and the ecological ethical dilemma that anthropocentrism and naturocentrism cannot be unified has been prefabricated.As a late"modernity",our country lacks some practical experience in governance modernization,but has rich ethical and cultural traditional resources to solve the ecological crisis.Through the independent reconstruction of"modernity",we creatively propose the idea of"a community of life",and take ethical consideration on the relationship between humans and nature.The ecological ethical concepts,principles and practices formed conform to the characteristics of Chinese ethical culture.In the context of Chinese ethical culture of"a community of life",ecological ethics is no longer a dilemma in a state of separation,but an organic whole integrated into social life,abiding by ecological ethics norms,following ecological justice,cultivating ecological virtues,and achieving the inner unity of respecting nature and improving human beings.It provides sufficient theoretical support and ethical consideration for the smooth transformation of civilization and the construction of ecological civilization.
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