Carson's Ecological Ethics And Its Contemporary Value

Rachel Carson (1907 -1964) is the most famous American eco-environmentalist in the 20th century, and she is the same person as the milestone in the history of ecological and environmental protection. She awakened the entire human, and brought the environment to human. Under the influence of her,environmental policies and concerns were generally recognized in different countries, social systems, ideologies and different beliefs. She was one of the onsets of the environmental movement.Carson pointed out that the interaction between biological and environmental created the history of life in the article. The life of Carson, upbringing and her important works, summarizes the ecological thinking of Carson, have described the necessity and contingency of her thoughts.At the same time analyzes the background of Carson's ecological thinking. Let Carson's ecological ethics get to the actual societies at the time; we will have a more profound and real understanding of her thinking. It also demonstrates the inevitability of her ecological thinking.The significant impacts of Carson's ecological thought is promoted pesticides banned in various countries, and government's environmental legislation, decision-making for the United States and the world. It also spawned a variety of private environmental organizations and environmental management agencies. At last analyzes the reasons for this effect from Carson herself and the social background and that the actual impact of the effect produced by Carson. But human beings will be destroyed by the pollution and destruction which is made by human beings. At the same time she reveals the destruction of pesticides on human beings and the natural world,decrypts the harm of chemical pesticides to the present and in the future may be toxic legacy to future generations. The serious consequences of human abusing of pesticides will result in the extinction of various biological natures and the imbalance in the ecosystem. She alerted the American public and the government, but also alerted the people of the world. The serious consequences of human abusing pesticides and chemicals will cause the extinction of various biological natures. The debate about pesticides occurred in 60 years of the 20th century in the United States educates the public but also the chemical industry people and government officials. It enhances the public's awareness of environmental protection, promotes the establishment of a variety of environmental organizations, and accelerates United States Government to attachéthe importance to environment and the re-develop of environmental policy. The most important thing is that it opened a prelude to the world environmental movement.There are many coincidences between Carson's ecological ethics and China's traditional ecological thought; we should sum up the essence of both. This has important research and reference value to raise the ecological awareness of our people and the government's environmental protection efforts. It has important research and reference value for improving the eco-consciousness of the people and the government's environmental protection efforts. Carson's ecological ethics and China's traditional ecological ethics in common, finds the common between the two points. Both are based on the public health, equality, responsibility and reverence for life, the same of man and nature on the basis of the whole idea, builds the standpoint of protecting the modern ecological environment construction.There is practical significance of Carson's major ecological thinking and The Silent Spring for the environmental protection. On the one hand it contributes our government to recognize the state of the environment in China, thus change the traditional concept of the environmental protection, and increase the intensity of ecological and environmental protection. On the other hand it can increase the ecological ethic of our people, raise their environmental awareness, and promote the development of modern environmental movement. On the interpretation of Carson thoughts, first we should address the proliferation of rural chemical pesticide usage, this can help we take remediation and remedial measures, maintain the ecological balance. Second change people's ideas, take on universal ecological ethics education; Third support and develop press, like the publishing, other media and non-governmental environmental organizations, Increased enforcement of environmental regulation, it will be more effective to improve the state of the environment.