| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this text is to reveal the simple fact of environmental ethics, and through NIMBY to illustrate and distinguish the meaning of environmental justice. Finally, this research displays a model of study of environmental ethics.
In order to explain the reason for probing into the environmental ethics and solving problems through the philosophical activities, this research reviews all kinds of environmental activities regarding NIMBY and the historical clue of theory development in the environmental ethics.
Furthermore, through historical clue to introspect and reveal the simple fact, this study can find out the controversy of relevant argument, can analyze the key concept and discover the simple proposition of the key concept. Then this study can inspect the ethics and draw an inference.
The main theme of environment justice in NIMBY is to avoid treating others unjustly. It is also a dilemma that how to treat nonhuman species in NIMBY. In other words, in NIMBY, the main consideration of in environmental ethics is that how the mankind should treat the nature.
In the course of exploration, there are some achievements in this study. First of all, if there is no ethics as the environmental justice, we will lack the faith of treating environment; if there is no clear definition of the faith, we are not able to take the proper action while facing the NIMBY.
Secondly, besides the scientific knowledge, we still need to probe into environmental ethics. Although the scientific knowledge might solve the environmental crisis, it can not solve the attitude problem towards environmental ethics.
Thirdly, this study identifies the definition environmental justice in NIMBY.
Finally, this study constructs a theoretical framework for environmental ethics, including the basic hypotheses in environmental justice. | en_US |