On the Ecological Thoughts of Ethics under the Scientific Development Concept

The scientific development concept entails the rich ecological thoughts of ethics, emphasizing the harmonious existence between human and nature. Specifically, it includes thoughts of people foremost, all-round development, coordinated development and the sustainable development. The "people foremost" ecological thoughts require us to be clear about the differences between the thoughts of people foremost and the thoughts of human-centeredness or non-human centeredness; the "all-round development" ecological thoughts stress the interdependent development; the "coordinated development" ecological thoughts require us to obey the natural law; the "sustainable development" ecological thoughts emphasize the sustainable development of the economic society on the basis of the harmonious existence between human and nature. A profound understanding of the ecological thoughts of ethics can benefit a lot to the environment protection and ecological civilization construction in the new period.