The Ethical Turn of the Rule of Law in the Global Environment under the Influence of the Concept of a Community of Shared Future for Mankind

Abstract

Environmental law is a department law which has the biggest demand for ethics, and it is the only department law with endless pursuit of ethics. In a sense, the motive force of human protection of the environment and pollution prevention comes from environmental ethics. In other words, environmental governance begins with the generation of environmental ethics. However, with the development of science and technology, man’s desire to conquer nature has been becoming stronger and stronger, which makes environmental ethics and environmental rule of law go through different degrees of integration in different periods. In the 21st century, with the global economy and environment under the influence of the global financial crisis, the global environmental problems have become more and more serious, and people are more and more aware of the importance of environmental ethics to global environmental governance. The concept of a Community of Shared Future for Mankind advocated by Chinese President Xi Jingping is at the right time to play its important role. It will guide the ethical dilemma of the global environmental rule of law in the new period with a broader environmental ethical vision, and will inevitably lead to a new ethical turn of environmental rule of law.