On The Contemporary Value And Deficiency Of Deep Ecology

Eco-environment of nature disorder seriously, Worsening eco-crisis has made humanity's survival a harsher problem, which is leading people to pay more attention to it. In view of philosophy, so-called eco-crisis, which essence is crisis of relationship between mankind and nature, is the distortion of man and nature, and mankind is bound to seek a way of absolution, out of both instinct and rational thinking.The relations between humans and nature, is a permanent thesis in the history of mankind. Facing eco-crisis, humanity begins to reflect their behaviors on institution, culture, idea, and so on, and ponder on the relationship of man and nature in a new way. From the 1960's, eco-thoughts appeared in whole field of the thought and culture of mankind massively, researching and criticizing of philosophy on eco-thoughts become more popular. In such situation, the theory of"deep ecology", an important school of eco-thought and eco-movement in the West has been brought forth.The article reflected upon the relationship of mankind and nature, melted the eastern theory and western theory, which motive to establish eco-view with the merits of the East and the West of eco-thoughts of harmony mankind and nature, in the same time, has mankind and nature exist harmoniously as its potential clue. Based on these, the essay tries to analyze the basis of thoughts, history of development, fundamental contents and character of"deep ecology"; and discuss the superiorities of"deep ecology"to"shallow ecology"in eco-holism thoughts. Then, connect with the course of sustainable development and construct harmonious society, the essay try to reveal the contemporary value of"deep ecology", show its special significance to guide reality. On the other hand, with the scientific rational principle, we insist that scientific theory should have profound practical value, and then, the essay discuss the limitation and deficiency of theory of"deep ecology", put forward that we should build rational viewpoint of eco-practice in human's world, so that we could use scientific theory to deal with the relationship between humanity and the nature rationally, to solve the eco-problems, to promote the social harmony and sustainable development in practice. We aimed to realize ourselves sustainable development, at the same time, bring about the total nature to exist harmoniously in the same time.