Ecological Ethics Study Based On Fromm’s Humanism

The western ecological ethics,appearing in respond to the fact that naturalenvironment had been severely damaged in the middle of20thcentury,is a greathistorical advance beyond any doubt, which extended moral concern from humansociety to the nature. And yet, with its limits,the western ecological ethics has notfundamentally resolved the problem of the relationship of man with nature,becausethe essence of the problem lies in man in stead of nature. The dissertation proposes anew ecological theory, the man-life centered theory,involving the relationship of manwith nature as well as the relationship between men and that of mind and body in aman, with the focus on the problems of man. Based on Fromm’s humanism, theman-life centered theory deals with natural ecology, social ecology and psychologicaleclogy. By the theory, this dissertation analyzes the cause of the ecological crisis, andargues that the ecological crisis is the crisis of humanity, further, it appeals toreturning to humanity, to realization of true value of man——generation and creation.