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Environmental Ethical Thinking About The Crisis Of Global Warming

Posted on:2014-02-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J W PengFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330398462620Subject:Ethics
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Global warming brought a serious crisis to mankind’s survivalprospects.In order to alleviate the crisis, many measures weretaken.However,the measures not only can not effectively curb climatewarming,instead of worsening. Among the reasons are the historicalaccumulation of greenhouse gases,the stage of consumerism andeconomic supremacy,the concept of national egoism,the lack of acommon abide by international norms and the industrial civilizationnegative value orientation. Given this,necessary from environmentalethics angle of view to think about global warming crisis.Environmentaljustice is an important content of environmental ethics,and its use in theresolve of warming crisis is necessary.However,environmental justicealso has its limitations.That is to say,climate change is a globalenvironmental problems,and in the absence of a good social order in the international community’s emphasis on environmental justice is often justa form.In order to avoid environmental justice on the issue of climatechange is too formal,we need to introduce environmental virtue and relyon environmental virtue guided and restricted formalized toenvironmental justice.On the issue of climate change,environmentalvirtue is more important than environmental justice.A moral subject whohas environmental virtue can often go beyond their own narrowinterests,and act more actively in the environmentalprotection.Therefore,we insist on the unity of process and result ofenvironmental justice,and at the same time we need more emphasis on thecultivation of environment virtue,especially the sovereign state ofenvironmental virtue,then go to an environmental virtue of environmentaljustice is first.
Keywords/Search Tags:climate warming crisis, environmental justice, environmentvirtue
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