“道德代理人”一词是国内环境伦理学界对西方伦理学概念moral agent的翻译,但此译法不妥之处有三:(1)moral agent是西方伦理学的基本术语,是指具有自我意识,能够进行道德认识、道德判断、道德选择和道德行为并承担道德责任的道德行为体,无代理之意;(2)西方非人类中心主义环境伦理学家主张moral agent包括人和部分高等动物,故moral agent不能译为道德代理人;(3)道德行为体(moral agent)与道德关怀对象之间的关系不是代理关系。 The term “moral agent” is the translation of the concept of moral agent in western environmental ethics by domestic environmental ethics, but there are three problems in the translation: (1) moral agent is the basic term of western ethics, (2) Western non-anthropocentrism environmental ethic advocates that the moral agent includes both people and part of the higher education Animal, so moral agent can not be translated as moral agent; (3) The relationship between moral agent and object of moral concern is not agency relationship.