Deep Ecology and Ecological Ethics

This thesis introduces what deep ecology as a discipline covers and its development and present situation, and expounds the relationship between deep ecology and ecological ethics. The author thinks that the two disciplines are closely interconnected but have different emphasis. Deep ecology stresses the deep philosophical questioning about the intrinsic value of nature, man's place in nature, and ecological systems etc. while ecological ethics focuses on the moral relationship between man and nature, the natural moral principles and the moral criteria for judging people's behavior towards nature.