期刊名称：Symposion: Theoretical and Applied Inquiries in Philosophy and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：1584-174X
电子版ISSN：2392-6260
出版年度：2016
卷号：3
期号：2
页码：219-235
出版社：Academia Romana, Filiala Iasi, Institutul de Cercetari Economice si Sociale Gheorghe Zane
摘要：This paper considers the foundation of self-realization and the sense of morality that could justify Arne Naess's claim 'Self -realization is morally neutral,' by focusing on the recent debate among deep ecologists. Self- realization, the ultimate norm of Naess's ecosophy T, is the realization of the maxim 'everything is interrelated.' This norm seems to be based on two basic principles: the diminishing of narrow ego, and the integrity between the human and non-human worlds. The paper argues that the former is an extension of Plato's idea of self -development or self-mastery while the latter is implicit in Aristotle's holism. It defends that Self-realization is morally neutral only if the term 'moral' is considered in the Kantian sense. However, Naess reluctantly distin guishes between ethics and morality, which makes his approach less credible. The paper concludes that Aristotle's notion of eudaimonia supports Self-realization to qualify as a virtue
关键词：deep ecology; environmental ethics and philosophy; morally ; neutral; principle of integrity; self-development; Self-realization
