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Achievingsustainableenvironmentalism

实现可持续性发展的环保主义

1Environmentalsensitivityisnowasrequiredanattitudeinpolitesocietyasis,say,beliefin

democracyordisapprovalofplasticsurgery.ButnowthateveryonefromTedTurnertoGeorgeH.W.

BushhasclaimedloveforMotherEarth,howarewetochooseamongthedozensofconflicting

proposals,regulationsandlawsadvancedbycongressmenandconstituentsalikeinthenameofthe

environment?Clearly,noteverythingwithanenvironmentalclaimisworthdoing.Howdowesegregate

thebestoptionsandconsolidateourvaryinginterestsintoasingle,soundpolicy?

在上流社会,对环境的敏感就如同信仰民主、反对整容一样,是一种不可或缺的态度。然而,既然从泰德特纳到·

乔治W.H.·布什,每个人都声称自己热爱地球母亲,那么,在由议员、选民之类的人以环境名义而提出的众多的相

互矛盾的提案、规章和法规中,我们又该如何做出选择呢?显而易见,并不是每一项冠以环境保护名义的事情都

值得去做。我们怎样才能分离出最佳选择,并且把我们各自不同的兴趣统一在同一个合理的政策当中呢?

2Thereisasimpleway.First,differentiatebetweenenvironmentalluxuriesandenvironmental

necessities.Luxuriesarethosethingsthatwouldbenicetohaveifcostless.Necessitiesarethose

thingswemusthaveregardless.Callthisdistinctionthedefinitiveruleofsaneenvironmentalism,

whichstipulatesthatcombatingecologicalchangethatdirectlythreatensthehealthandsafetyof

peopleisanenvironmentalnecessity.Allelseisluxury.

有一种简便的方法。首先要区分什么是环境奢侈品,什么是环境必需品。奢侈品是指那些无需人类付出代价就

能拥有的给人美好感受的东西。必需品则是指那些无论付出什么代价,都一定要去拥有的东西。这一区分原则

可以被称为理性环保主义的至高原则。它规定,对那些直接威胁人类健康与安全的生态变化采取应对措施是环

境保护的必需品,而其他则都属于奢侈品。

3Forexample,preservingtheatmosphere—stoppingozonedepletionandthegreenhouseeffect—is

anenvironmentalnecessity.Recently,scientistsreportedthatozonedamageisfarworsethan

previouslythought.Ozonedepletionhasacorrelationnotonlywithskincancerandeyeproblems,it

alsodestroystheoceansecology,thebeginningofthefoodchainat