Green Consumption: The Modern Consumption Pattern According With Ecological Ethics

Consumption is mankind's eternal theme, Production and reproduction of any society is all for consuming. Mankind and natural relations, in a sense, are human consumption behaviors and consumption patterns development in natural resources, with robbing and destroying. The history of the human society is that the consumption pattern which is performing history taken the place constantly. In the history of square ethics in China and West, it has the appraisal of the ethics of consuming from ancient times. It forms all kinds of consumption ethics: Hedonism, asceticism, desire doctrine of festival and consumerism, etc. As a component of the social ideology, Consumption ethics exerts an enormous influence on consumption pattern, consumption content, consumption pattern and the level of consumption ,etc. With industrial rapid development of civilization, the standards of productivity raising constantly and the quick increase of social wealth, by subjected to the domination of narrow doctrine thought of human center, The human has produced the values of the materialism and consumerism and life style. People are indulging in the material desire of expanding, advocating the luxurious high consumption, regarding consuming as the ultimate goal and the highest value in their life. The unbounded consumption view has caused the ecological environment and natural resources to be destroyed seriously day by day, it makes mankind and all the earth living beings face the serious existence pressure. In order to break away from the ecological crisis at present and human survival predicament, the mankind must reselect life style and turn from life style of consumerism indulged in material comfort to pursue the green consumption pattern of intergrowth about harmony between man and nature. As a kind of brand-new consumption pattern and life idea, green consumption has its own unique essence and characteristic, it is a kind of ecology consumption pattern and a kind of appropriate consumption pattern, at the same time it is still a kind of reason and healthy consumption pattern, so it is paid close attention to more and more by people. Green consumption is a kind of modern consumption pattern which accords with ecological ethics, including the deep ecological ethics connotation. It has reflected philosophical foundation of ecological ethics: people and natural harmony. It has reflected the key thought of ecological ethics: to respect the life, protect nature. It has reflected the important content of ecological ethics: the just one is unified to take the place of inside and take the place of border. It has paid attention to the new idea of ecological ethics: to advocate the pursue of spirit etc. Getting green establishment and implementation of consumption pattern, which can't leave correct practice build and construct: To change the consumption idea and strengthen the education of ecological ethics. To develop green industry and standardize the production and management of enterprises. To strengthen institutional improvement and legistration work and correct the misconduct behavior. To promote global cooperation and establish the global ethics idea. Only in this way the society could stabilize, harmony and sustainable development.