On The Consumption Ethics

Consumption is the premise of man's living and development, and it plays a very important role in the society of human manufacture and human life. However, consumption is not only an issue of pure economy, but also has its ethic meaning. In recent years, though human society has made an unprecedented progress, the increasing worsen of the ecological environment and the vacancy of human spirit have became an essential element that restrict the development and progress of our society. All these have aroused many scholars' introspection. One of the most important characteristics of the consumption of modern society is that the consumption is increasing day after day, and the consumption zone is expanding everyday. This phenomenon especially gives prominence to the western developed countries. Western countries have transformed from the "production - oriented" society to the "consumption - oriented" society. With the process of the industrial civilization, this consumption mode is spreading all over the world. Since China's opening reform, people's consumption level has improved to a large extend. The traditional consumption mode changed a lot and some of the western consumption conceptions directly influenced people's consumption behavior. Therefore, studying the consumption ethic has an important practical meaning.This passage gives the definition of the conception of the consumption and the consumption ethic. After this, it reviews three kinds of major consumption ethics in the history at home and abroad: the consumption view of thrifty, luxury and moderation. On this basis, it puts forward the ethic issue in the field of china's up-to-date consumption: hankering after fund, show-off and luxurious consumption, high - salary group while low-level consumption, and also a number of residents are lack of consumption, and low - quality consumption with unbelievable fund. Analyzed from historical and practical systematic factor, the influence of western consumerism and practical value, it proposes that we should promote moderate consumption ethic, and make the connotation of moderate consumption ethic more clear, generalize the features of moderate consumption ethic is rational consumption, justifiable consumption and harmonious consumption, and also propose to stick to continuous development, all - over development of human being, humanitarianism as a principle for moderate consumption ethic.