Ecological consciousness and the conscience in the writings of Wang Yangming
pp. 339-353
in: Xinzhong Yao (ed), Reconceptualizing Confucian philosophy in the 21st century, Berlin, Springer, 2017Abstract
The living environment of human beings is increasingly deteriorating, and our ecological crisis has become a serious and urgent problem. More and more philosophers around the world have come to realize that the crux of this crisis lies not with the environment itself, nor with modern technological or economic changes and developments, but with our own human outlook and value systems.