From Environmental Ethics to Sustainability Ethics

Hong Du

h.du@foxmail.com
Chongqing Normal University (China)
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8999-9788

Abstract

Contemporary environmental ethics is confronted with a dual dilemma, namely the tension between theoretical and practical considerations. In response, scholars have pursued a variety of avenues, with the practice-oriented approach emerging as the dominant trend. The practice of environmental ethics can be analyzed according to two paradigms: the applied ethics paradigm and the practical ethics paradigm. Both paradigms suggest the possibility of a certain kind of sustainability ethics, namely the development of traditional environmental ethics into a public, applied sustainability ethics. In other words, the advancement of traditional environmental ethics, which is theoretically superior, into a form of public and applied sustainability ethics may prove an effective means of addressing the current challenges facing environmental ethics.


Keywords:

environmental ethics, practice-oriented approach, applied ethics paradigm, practical ethics paradigm, sustainability ethics

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Chongqing Normal University China
https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8999-9788

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