The difference between environmental ethics and traditional ethics

The differences between environmental ethics and traditional ethics are as follows:

1. In some respects, environmental ethics is not ethics in the traditional sense. Traditional ethics only pays attention to the relationship between people, while environmental ethics tries to restrain the behavior of people and natural creatures with morality. The research of environmental ethics includes introducing the ethics of environmental beauty, a new discipline, and the significance of environment in circular economy, ecological economy, sustainable development, river ethics and so on.

2. The position of traditional ethics in ancient society There are two important foundations for the formation of China's traditional culture: one is the mode of production of small-scale farmers' natural economy. The second is the integration of home and country. Generally speaking, the fine moral tradition of the Chinese nation refers to the essence of traditional moral thoughts such as Mohism, Taoism and Legalism with ancient Confucian ethics as the main content.