The Intellectual Retrospection of
Human-natural Relationship in Contemporary
China
Contents
[Preface and Acknowledgement ]
An Outline of the Neo-Humanist Perspectives on Human-nature Relation……………Zhao Yifeng
[Philosophical and Ethical Re-examinations of the Human-nature Relations]
The Discovery of Nature………………………………………………………………Wu Guosheng
Conceptual Distinction of Nature and the Natural World………………………………Cao Mengqin
The Spiritual Resources and Cultural Foundations of Deep Ecology…………………Yang Tongjin
The Philosophy-Value Standpoints towards the Relationship of Human with Nature
……………………………………………………………………………Huang Wansheng
Put down the Sword of the Conqueror: Philosophical Retrospection of the
Human—Nature Relationship……………………………………………………Lu Feng
In What Sense We Follow Nature………………………………………………………Zheng Huizi
From Conquering to Coordinating: Rethinking the Relationship between Human and Nature
and Suggestions for the Coordination of Them………………………………Tan Wenhua
On the Concept of Natural Value: A Multiple Angled Perspective of the Human-nature
Relationship…………………………………………………………………Huang Ming
The Cultural Evolution Basis of the Ecological Ethics…………………………………Zheng Huizi
Universal Harmony and Ecological Culture: A Reflections of the Ethical Relationship
between Man and Nature……………………………………………………Guo Mingxia
A Humanistic Rethinking of Technological Reasons………………………Qian Junsheng, Zeng Lin
The Moral Basis of the Unity of Man and Nature………………………………………Ma Yongqing
Western Marxist Ecological Ethic and the Institutional Dimension of
Ecological Ethic………………………………………………………………Wang Yuchen
The Rights of Nature: The Foundation of Environmental Ethics……………Jia Xiangtong, Li Jianshan
Does Man Have Ethical Connections with Nature?……………………………………Zhang Jiangang
What Ecological Ethics Do We Need？…………………………………………………Gan Shao-ping
The Unity of “Man’s Natural Nature” and “The Human Nature in the Natural World”:
Ecological Ethic’s Humanist Reasons and Meaning…………………………Kou Dongliang
Anthropocentrism：Defense and Interrogation………………………………………Yang Tongjin
The Ecological Ethic of Anthropocentrism……………………………………………………Ye Ping
Humanitarianism, or Naturalism?: Defense for Anthropocentrism……………Liu Fusen and Li Lixin
A Lasting Debate: Rethinking Anthropocentrism and None-Anthropocentrism
…………………………………………………………………Tian Jing and Zhang Beijian
On the Denial of Ecological Wholism against Anthropocentrism and Bio-centralism
………………………………………………………………………………Zhang Bingchun
The Idea of Decentralized Environmental Ethics:
A New Attempt for the Construction of A Environmental Ethics………………Zeng Xiaowu
Different Substance with Diversified “Imaginations” of Environment：
Analysis of the Environmental Ethical Propositions under the Perspective
of “Environmental Justice ……………………………………………………Wang Taoyang
The Holistic Principles of The Ethic of Life………………………………………………Mao Xinzhi
[Human-Natural Relation under the Perspectives of Civilization and Ecology]
The Human-natural Relation under a Ecological Perspective………………………………Sheng Lianxi
Man and Nature: The Social Development under A Perspective of Thermodynamic…………Liu Fusen
Environmental History and the Ecological Consciousness in the Study of Environmental
History…………………………………………………………………………Hou Wenhui
The Significance of Human Existence under the Perspective of Environmental History…Mei Xueqin
On the Degradation of Natural World…………………………………………………………Xu Yuqian
The Wilderness under an Ecological Philosophy’s Perspective…………………………………Ye Ping
The Way to Achieve Harmonious Development of Man and Nature:
On the Humanist Implication of Environmentalism………………………………Yu Xiande
The International Development of the Idea of Eco-Civilization
………………………………………………………………Zhou Guomei and Tang Zhipeng
Man’s Responsibility to the Renewal of the Charm of the Natural in the 21st Century………Yu Shuo
The Contradiction between Man and Nature and its Settlement：
A Review of John B. Foster’s Theory of Ecological Crisis………………………Chen Shilin
Rethinking the Unity of Man and Nature…………………………………………………Chu Zhaohua
[The Relation of Man with Nature Based upon Religious Points of View]
A Comparative Study of Buddhism and Contemporary Ecological Ethics………………Gong Xiaokang
A Preliminary Examination of Islam Ecological Civilization……………………………Ma Mingliang
Taoist Ecological Ethics: Centered with Its Concerning of Life………………………………Ye Aiguo
Ecological Issues and Their connections with Religious Ethics…………Yang Hongxiu and An Ximeng
Oriental Religious Teachings and the Preservation of Ecological Environment…………Liang Xiaojian
[Rethinking Traditional Chinese Ideas about Human-Nature Relation]
The Destiny of the Idea of “Heaven-human Unity” from the Ancient to the Present
…………………………………………………………………………………Shen Mingxian
Ecological World Views: A Comparative Interpretation of Confucianism and the Post-modernism
……………………………………………………………………………………Han Demin
Recent Studies concerning Confucian Idea of “Heaven-human Unity”:
Centered with the Issue of Human-nature Relationship……………………………Chen Yexin
Human Being and the Environment: A Re-interpretation of the Idea of
“Heaven-human Unity”……………………………… …………………………Zeng Xiaowu
The Wisdom and Difficulty of Chinese Philosophical Thinking of “Heaven-human Unity”
……………………………………………………………………………………Zhu Songmei
The Idea of “Heaven-human Unity” Should not Be Interpreted as
“Harmonious Coexistence of Man with Nature”…… ………………………………Liu Lifu
Consolidation of Human with Nature is the Essential Meaning of the Idea of
“Heaven-nature Unity”……………………………………… ……………Wang Yongxiang
Separation or Unity: A Re-examination of the Theory of Heaven-human Relation in Xunzi
……………………………………………………………………………………Chen Yexin
The Ideas of Nature from Taoism vs. Heidegger…………………………………………………Na Wei
An Exploration of Confucian Theory about Human-nature Relationship……………………Li Xiangjun
The Virtual of Soil: An Modern Interpretation of Confucian Idea of Soil…………………Zhao Yifeng
Confucian Anthropocentrism and Its Ecological Significance……………………………………Bai Xi
An Analysis of the Idea of Nature and Life Expectation under
the Yinyang and Five Element Criterion during the Han Dynasty of China……………Li Li
Seeking Harmony between Man and Nature: A Study of the Neo-Confucian Consciousness of
Environment…………………………………………………………………Zhang Quanming
Ecofeminism and the Traditional Culture of China……………………Li Jianshan and Zhao Yuan Yuan