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Shi Weice's heckling" and Ecological Ethics of Taoism

Yu Cao

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The author analyses Taoism's ecological point of view of nature and morality , and then refutes Shi Weice's heckline that ecological ethics of Taoism lacks such characters as systematic , practical and developing . The author concludes that, Taoism analyses the relationship between man and nature at the angle of ontology, or Tao creates everything, proves the value and power of existing, which can be concretized as advocate respect the law of nature, everything is equal without noble or mean,treat well, respect life,protect natural resources, keep ecological balance and such other regulations of ecological ethics, and whose exploring scope nearly involves all basic theoretical issues of ecological ethics. So ecological ethics of Taoism has intrinsic and peculiar system, and has powerful morally practical meaning.

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The author analyses Taoism's ecological point of view of nature and morality , and then refutes Shi Weice's heckline that ecological ethics of Taoism lacks such characters as systematic , practical and developing . The author concludes that, Taoism analyses the relationship between man and nature at the angle of ontology, or Tao creates everything, proves the value and power of existing, which can be concretized as advocate respect the law of nature, everything is equal without noble or mean,treat well, respect life,protect natural resources, keep ecological balance and such other regulations of ecological ethics, and whose exploring scope nearly involves all basic theoretical issues of ecological ethics. So ecological ethics of Taoism has intrinsic and peculiar system, and has powerful morally practical meaning.

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The author analyses Taoism's ecological point of view of nature and morality , and then refutes Shi Weice's heckline that ecological ethics of Taoism lacks such characters as systematic , practical and developing . The author concludes that, Taoism analyses the relationship between man and nature at the angle of ontology, or Tao creates everything, proves the value and power of existing, which can be concretized as advocate respect the law of nature, everything is equal without noble or mean,treat well, respect life,protect natural resources, keep ecological balance and such other regulations of ecological ethics, and whose exploring scope nearly involves all basic theoretical issues of ecological ethics. So ecological ethics of Taoism has intrinsic and peculiar system, and has powerful morally practical meaning.

Key concepts: Taoism, Morality, Balance of nature, Ontology, Environmental ethics, Scope (computer science), Value (mathematics), Epistemology

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