Mohists Environmental Ethics And Its Contemporary Significance

Mohists Environmental Ethics contains profuse ecological theory, is an important ecological thoughts which the Cultural Heritage also can learn in ancient China. Harmonious ecological environment destruction have become increasingly prominent, the deteriorating relationship between man and nature today. Analyzing and interpretting of Mohists Environmental Ethics, drawing Mohists Environmental Ethics can help us make solutions to the current ecological problems and build the society which development sustainable and friendly.This paper combine with historical data and make use of of logic and historical method, Environmental Ethics of Mohism were studied comprehensive analysis and systems. Firstly, we examine the relationship between Mohists Environmental Ethics and Mohism along with the status of Mohists Environmental Ethics in Mohism, explain historical and cultural background along with Philosophical Foundation of Mohists Environmental Ethics. Next dissert the basic content of Mohists Environmental Ethics from two aspects: the fundamental principles and the specific content of Mohists Environmental Ethics in detail, then reveals the characteristics of Mohist Environmental Ethics. on this basis, comprehensive describes the relationship between Mohist Environmental Ethics and Mohism, and the formation of Mohist Environmental Ethics, and analyzed the philosophical foundation of Mohists Environmental Ethics in the way of outlook, values and epistemology. Finally, elaborate the important significance of Mohists Environmental Ethics for solving problems of modern society, getting rid of the ecological dilemma and the importance of the construction of ecological civilization with Chinese characteristics.The paper’s conception and characteristics is that compares with similar studies this paper is more systematic and contemporary. At present, there is few studies on the ecological thought in Mohists, mostly discuss on individual aspects of Mohism and based Mohists ecological thinking at an angle one-sided, which lack of comprehensive systems and detailed in-depth study through. This paper carefully analyze Mohists Environmental Ethics, including elaborate the fundamental principles from three aspects of "love poor", "heaven and man", "the world’s interest" and elaborate the specific contents from the aspects of "fraternity", "nonoffensive", "festival with", "saving the funeral" and " no music". Thereby concluded that Mohists Environmental Ethics has people nature, pragmatic and sustainability features. Finally investigate the contemporary significance of Mohist environmental ethics from the aspects of the establishment of the ecological value of the system, the construction of ecological civilization, the construction harmonious society which offers a way to excavate its prolific resources and practical significance,so that other researchers may come up with valuable opinions.