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The Change Of Rostston 's Philosophy Of Environment

Posted on:2016-06-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:G X AnFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330461467603Subject:Philosophy of science and technology
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Holmes Rolston is the representative of Western philosophy in the field of environment, he was known as "the father of environmental ethics." As the renowned scholar and prolific writer in the field of environmental philosophy, "philosophy toward the wilderness," "Environmental Ethics" is carry the tripod of Rolston in the study of environmental issues. His theoretical study based on objective natural values at the core of the whole ideology of the center.At present, the domestic for Rolston’s core idea-research on the natural values have been many, but still a lack of environmental philosophy changes about Rolston research. In this paper, the whole idea about Rolston course and work as a study object, by exploring its theoretical origins theory, expounding the theory of ideology and building framework, in order to achieve comprehensive grasp of Rolston thought, so in revealing the influence in the field of environment and social development of the current field of philosophy and the indispensable role of Rolston himself and thinking, at the same time, to make their own little thinking.First, Ralston doctrine coming under certain natural sciences and the social and cultural background, the development of the theory of evolution and ecology to provide a natural science background, in theory of philosophy, Rolston inherited Leo Pod earth ethics and develop it to a complete theoretical system-Environmental Philosophy ecological holism.The second chapter is the key and core content of this article, this chapter started writing from the Beginning of Rolston Environment Philosophy, focusing on combing the natural value theory of Rolston, namely its intrinsic value theory, properties, and classification of its ideological core of macro overview and elaboration in order to grasp the main idea of the context of Rolston. In addition, in Rolston’s writings, he also made specific Way to practice, he tried to apply Environmental Philosophy systems into government policy, business, and personal life, and proposed specific ways to combine environmental philosophy with reality, which is the idea of the glittering and very valuable place.Chapter III as a powerful complement to the evidence and the content of the second chapter, mainly writing the ideas of paper on Rolston after the mid-1990s. This phase focused on 20th century Rolston social biology of human cultural phenomenon reducing to the thought of biological phenomena "selfish gene theory" for refuting, and from the perspective of the gene, further questioning the origins of values, demonstrating the value of the objective existence of property.
Keywords/Search Tags:Holmes Rolston, Environmental philosophy, Natural value, Wild
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