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Of Natural Rights

Posted on:2004-04-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2191360125955275Subject:Ethics
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The right of nature is the ideological foundation of ecoethics (environmentalethics). This article sets forth and analyses the theoretical affirm and practical safeguard of natural right in a unique and various way from three aspects. I. The totally new predicament of human exist is the actual foundation to put forward natural right. The increasingly deterioration of ecological crisis has made human existence fall into difficult position and force people to have to introspect. With the awakening of introspection of environment question, people have been aware of which the current ecological crisis, such as severe atmosphere pollution, water resources shortage, forest decrease is mainly created because human over intervene nature. In order to cast off difficult position, people must adjust the relationship between human and nature, respect the right of nature and get along with nature harmoniously. II The objection logic from man' s natural right to the right of nature is the important theoretical basis to existence the right of nature. "Right" is a historical category, the range of subject has been constantly change, which widener successively two expansion: the first expansion is from some people to all of the people (at least in form or in theory), the second expansion is from all of the people to nature beyond human. III Legislative safeguard and maintain according to law is the social conditions to realize the right of nature. Three aspects should be taken in to consideration to respect and safeguard the right of nature .The first is that people should establish lofty ethical ideology of "sustainable development" when they pursue their existence and development. The second is that human should fundamentally get ride of shadow of scientificilism, step out of misunderstanding area of human centralism. The third is, in legislative safeguard way, to change the theoretical seek to respect and safeguard the right of nature in to the entire social member s common behavioral consciousness.With times changing, people have put more and more focus on "The right of nature". The purpose this article put forward the right of nature is that hope that human acknowledge and respect the right of nature,through which to conduct and limit people' s behavior during the course of remaking nature, maintain stability of ecology system, realize the harmony between human and nature, proceed the sustainable development among human, society and ecology system.
Keywords/Search Tags:natural rights, the value of nature, the right of nature, the law of nature, safeguarding according to law
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