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Review On The Consumption View In Ecological Philosophy Respect

Posted on:2006-03-15Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y YuanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2166360155954492Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Enormous development of the industrial civilization, make the human material life be improved greatly. However, with consuming the prevailing of the society, the mankind, to robbing naturally constantly, such problems as global resource shortage, deterioration of the environment, ecology are out-of-balance have already threatened human sustainable survival and development seriously. In the face of severe reality, people realize deeply: The nature is not abundant, uses its one that does not exhaust, it is the foundation that the mankind depends on survival and development, there are dense integral relations between people and nature. Meanwhile, the mankind has already realized more and more clearly, settle the problem of the ecological environment crisis well, it is not only enough from the law and economic angle, must also depend on the ethical ethics idea. Ecological consumption view whether people go on result that review to modern consumption ecological crisis society cause. This text is it to traditional development model and analysis, consumption of idea, find irrationality of theory its and cause origin of ecological crisis to pass, emphasize ecological consumption rationality characteristic that view produce, change mankind's consumption pattern eager for quick success fundamentally, try hard to break away from mankind's extant existence predicament, make people and nature realize the benign cycle, mutual benefit and reciprocity, reach the goal of human sustainable survival and development finally. The article divides into four parts altogether: The first part have explained consumption and consumption view the basic content. " Consumption " a word 14 century begin appearance in English, and have bright derogatory sense, after 18 century, become a with " production " relative concept. We usually speak consumption major finger live consuming. Consumption view denote people form in consumer campaign process to guide people consumer behavior, adjustment people the viewpoint of value of consumer relation think of , morals principle and the sum of standard. It divide into two forms mainly: a kind of is material consumption view, is decision the foundation of development andhuman survival, is also decision the foundation of consumption view culture; another is spiritual consumption view, is core and the essence of human spiritual culture, is also the highest level expression of consumption view culture. The consumption view of Marxism is from the criticism for classical economist consumer theory. Pass criticize for the negative of classical economist consumer theory, have described the consumer theory of his definiteness to us, move about as social phenomenon consuming is essentially "the essence of person "embody, this is consumption view of Marx. The second part have discussed transform and the evolution of consumption view. 1,pick the survival needs of hunting civilized period consumption view. The mankind of original times, what lean collection plant mainly fruit and rhizome with seek other animal make a living, its material life information is natural, the junk of person include person dead rear body again join natural cycle again in, the mankind of now is basically subsist with natural ecological way. 2 ,and the asceticism consumption view of agricultural civilized period. The use of fire and the production oftool, make the life of people have got further guarantee. Religion is ancient the ruling class of the society of Middle Ages, advocate asceticism consumption view actively, this is helpful for person realize low level between nature harmonious coexist. 3,and the hedonism consumption view of industrial civilized period. Make revolution along with industry development, social productivity quick raising, social product maximum rich, people begin advocate luxurious type and waste type consuming, a kind of with lead a life of pleasure mainly consumption view also follow develop. Its basic characteristic and view is the material body of unlimited pursue lead a life of pleasure make one only live purpose and life value, its substance is industrial civilized period the outcome of socioeconomy lopsided development, is a kind of twisted expression of spiritual civilization. 4 ,and the diversity consumption view of information civilized period. Information civilization is basic with knowledge, establish in consuming and the production of knowledge over, its material consumer culture content is extremely rich. People already have not satisfied again in unitary survival demand, is developing towards the materialconsuming of diversity. Network consuming upraise sign people the overall raising of spiritual consuming. The third part have pointed out the relation of consumption view and ecological crisis. The expansion of human desire cause the alienation of consuming: when utility type thought way control , people have adopted a kind of high limit generally land try to gain and possess present material benefit or the basic value orientation of material wealth. In thing want flow violently society in, person have become actually a kind of chase utility; realize desire " economic animal ". Along with the infinite expansion of human desire, that cause the infinite promotion of desire consuming, now consuming become a kind of alienation consumer. Deepen ecological crisis after consuming sharp melt: with prevailing of consumer society, it make people not come to consuming according to the actual needs of life again, but leading, ultra quantity go to consuming. The alienation of this kind of consumer demand, have greatly mankind maintain self in nature in existence continuously and development actual needs, become consumer social perplexed. Consuming caused environmental problem ismore perfectly obvious. The substance of ecological crisis finally is the survival crisis of person. Ecological environment and the survival of person is related closely, show in three aspects: nature is the survival environment of mankind; nature is the material production campaign essential factor of mankind; nature is the spiritual strength of mankind display. As ecological environment and the survival of person is related closely, so ecological crisis substance is the survival crisis of person, it threaten mankind do not come may subsist continuously boundary and development. The forth part exposed how to solve the abuse of extant consumption pattern and the consumption idea of reasonable establishment, the modern form of consumption view transform ——ecological consumption view. The characteristic of ecological consumption view is: 1,with ecological thought for base ,it make the unidirectional utility type thought of mankind way change the" person ——nature " two-way mutually beneficial type thought way. 2,with appropriate consuming for principle, it establish the consumption concept of a kind of quality type, ecological type and fair type. 3,with mankind may subsist continuously develop for...
Keywords/Search Tags:Consumption
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