바람직한 환경윤리의 정립을 위한 시론 = For the establishment of desirable envirnmental ethics

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper deals with the establishment of desirable environmental ethics.For desirable envirnmental ethics, we have to emphasize the following points. (1) The existence of homeostasis or stability in nature is the general norm at which the ecologist drives. The value of homeostasis or stabilitythe demand that systems of resource use be compatible with the ecosystems of nature-have to becomes one of the envirmental norms. (2) We must expand our ethical attitudes to nonhuman creatures. It would include an expanded concept of the value that goes well beyond anthropocentrism and an expanded concept of the value of life. (3) A rational anthropocentrism is a radical improvement over the traditional unsophi sticated type. Rational anthropocentrism recognizes the inherent value of nonhuman forms of life but sees it as secondary to the development of human values. The ecological anthropocentrism is adequate to resolve envirnmental problems. (4) Principles and ideas central to traditional moral philosophy-for example, utility and rights-can play a role in developing envirnmental ethics. Desirable envirnmental ethics may require some metaphysical theory, some theory about nature and the place of humans, animals and plants within nature. Such a theory may be required to resolve the extension of the concepts of value, obligation, utility, and rights. The expansion of that concepts must be used as grounds of justification for new legal frameworks for the resolution of envirnmental questions. (5)These various points of emphasis would provide a complex ethical base concerning the decision to use resources in one way or another. In the process of putting these norms for envirnmental use into effect, we would have to apply them contextualy and in ways in which conflicts among values, obligations, and rights might be clarified and value priorities displayed.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 들어가는말
• Ⅱ. 몸말
• (1) 환경 파괴의 책임 문제와 자연에 대한 전통적 해석
• (2) 환경에 대한 새로운 윤리적 태도
• ① 생태학과 윤리학
• ② 인간중심주의적인 세계관의 극복:새로운 형이상학의 모색
• ③ 극단적인 생물학적 평등주의의 배제
• ④ 합리적 인간중심주의
• ⑤ 응용 1: 여타 생물들에 대한 고려
• ⑥ 응용 2: 생태학과 경제적 권리
• Ⅲ. 맺는 말