Ethical Implications of Systems Methodology Applied to Industrial Ecology  

作　　者：Martina Keitsch 

机构地区：[1]Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

出　　处：《Sociology Study》2012年第1期49-59,共11页

摘　　要：The systemic view on industry and on production and consumption pattern is an essential feature of the industrial ecology （IE） concept. One consequence of this view is to investigate industrial flows and consumer activities, and their effects on the environment in order to evaluate and eventually optimize these flows with the help of a systems methodology. Industrial ecology has been developed by engineers and natural scientists and its ethical core canon often manifests in anthropocentric assertions such as harmonizing the contradiction between nature and culture with scientific expertise, appropriate technology and socio-economic management. This paper argues however for a biocentric inspired, normative reading of some characteristics of industrial ecology＇s systems methodology. The presumption for the value of this endeavor is that industrial ecology＇s systems methodology has a potential for developing directions for the design of a possible sustainable world.

关 键 词：Systems methodology industrial ecology （IE） ETHICS ANTHROPOCENTRISM comprehensive methods 

分 类 号：X22[环境科学与工程—环境科学] N94[自然科学总论—系统科学]