Beyond anthropocentrism and Natural-centralism— on the ecological ethics Thought of the Xi Ming
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DOI: 10.23977/BMHEE2021027
Corresponding Author
Fangbin Cui
ABSTRACT
The ecological philosophies of Natural-centralism and anthropocentrism both regard human and nature as dichotomous and are unable to reconcile the issue of the relationship between human and nature. The idea of the oneness of man and nature in the Xi Ming does not assume a dichotomy between man and nature, and it is no longer relevant to judge what kind of doctrine it belongs to. The ecological ethics idea of the harmony of man and nature in the Xi Ming, which transcends anthropocentrism and naturalism, embodies the way of harmonious coexistence between man and nature under the path of the unity of heaven and man and the practice of Confucian benevolence.
KEYWORDS
Xi Ming, ecological ethics, Min -Bao -Wu -Yu, the harmony between man and nature
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